states, towards the united states, entry of the united states and at the time the united states in duecourse. lastly, mr. chairman, i have with all due respect would be remiss if i did not say on behalf of calais and the receipt i know of no other person in the office i'm responsible for who is more dedicated, more knowledgeable about screening. the fact of the matter is she came to this hearing expecting to talk about the visa waiver program and she was hardly questioned at all about it. i make no apologies for her. she is first rate. she is an american, and future it and i regret that he came away with a different impression. thank you. >> that we will be discussing. mr. rodriguez coming are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member, members of the committee. one of our very most obligation as public servants is to safeguard public safety and national security. that is particularly true when we are granting benefits and privileges. so when we give somebody a drivers license, or require a test of another person will drive safely. when they give professional

god save the united states of america and this honorable court. please remain standing for the presentation of the colors, the playing of the national anthem, and the retirement of the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please be seated and come to order. court is now in session. >> please welcome the honorable richard w. roberts, chief judge, u.s. district of columbia. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> all right. mr. president, archivist ferriero, deputy secretary mayorkas, director rodriguez, our brilliant students from the stewart hobson middle school in capitol hill center, guests and candidates, i congratulate you as you are about to attain your new united states citizenship. it is always a joyful moment for me to welcome new members, citizens, to our kcountry. today's ceremony occurs just a few weeks after our thanksgiving celebration. although in 1619, the settlers purchased their first human cargo in virginia to work plantations, thanksgiving traditionally celebrates the time after the year 1620 when in massachusetts the people indigenou

the united states is like a lot of places on earth. once the borders were set, the modern states established and greater affluence, well, it is not likely that a man in milan or prague or dublin with walk into a school or a building and start shooting people. i will never forget the surprise of working in london and finding that a killing any where in the british isles will lead the newscast for a chunk of the day. it was national news. here in the united states, it is hard to imagine a killing in miami even making the news at all in georgia and a murder in massachusetts getting attention in arizona. america is different and the most discouraging thing is how unwilling we are to begin to conversation that starts with asking ourselves why. i'm ray suarez. that's the "inside story." america, live from new york city, i am tony harris. it could have been worse, that's what officials are saying about the san bernadini rampage. what we are learning about the 15 killed in the attack. a new policy, and more protest in chicago, demanding the res

shame on us here in the united states congress. now lastly, it's my understanding that the speaker who i take to be a man of his word, said we are going to deal with this issue in the next 90 days. here's the problem. on january 1, there's a significant amount of money that puerto rico owes that it cannot pay. and so the island can't wait until march 31 for the congress to try to work this out. the promissory note is not good enough. and as an african-american member of congress i'm reminded of a speech that dr. king gave in 1963 right outside these halls on the national mall. he talked about the fact that the magnificent words of the constitution and declaration of independence was a glorious promissory note. we hold these truths torn self-evident and all men are created equal endowed by their creator the ability to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. but that century after century and decade after decade, that promise other note was handed over to the african-american community as a stamp, insufficient funds. i can'

the us is pakistan's largest partner with 15 percent exported to the united states. in addition to the important economic relationship to the united states there is a critical ally defense and antiterrorist relationship as well as humanitarian an educational program priority in place. in october 2009 the u.s. congress have a partnership pakistan and demonstrates the us long commitment to cooperation with the pakistani people and their civilian institutions. in may 2014 the visit to washington, us and pakistan established a joint action plan to expand bilateral trade over five years. january 2015 250 million to help pakistan facilitate the release, reconstruction command return of federally administered tribal areas with counterterrorism operations and did so with pakistan is a partner in the global war on terror. pakistan has had a cooperative and long-standing relationship with the united states on counterterrorism efforts, particularly since september 11. pakistan has provided the us with a number of military airports and bases along with other logistical support fo

who but the united states will stand for the discriminated, the oppressed? and sadly, that discrimination now is taking place across united states college campuses as well. the political correctness of our country needs to be shattered. universities should be a place of free expression. [applause] these growing cases of anti-semitic behavior by a few, supported by professors and administrators in some cases by their not taking action has to stop, and the president of the united states has the authority in many ways to convene, have the bully pull pit to make sure that people know that at least one person, the leader of the free world, will be on the side of people who only want to act on their religious beliefs. it is a first freedom that i believe should be protected. my relationship with israel goes way back. i've been to israel five times and every time i go i'm inspired by the people, by the sense of purpose of the place, by the energy that exists, by the creativity, by the fact that -- everybody talks about the republican party being kind of a wild and c

. ♪ >> this is the big picture -- unofficial television report of the united states army produced forhe armed forces and the american people. now, to show you part of the big picture, here is master sergeant stuart quaid. >> throughout history, nations alliances with other nations to maintain their security and remain free from attack. century didthe 20th the concept of national security become worldwide in its scope. world wars one and two and the korean conflict proved beyond any doubt that when one free nation anywhere is threatened by aggression, the safety of all free nations is ultimately at stake. today, the united states aware as its role as a leader in the free world has aligned itself with another nation dedicated to the preservation of these and the welfare of mankind. our big picture cameras today focus on one of the most important of these alliances. as our guest narrator, edward r. murrow tells the story behind nato, the north atlantic treaty organization. >> this is the headquarters of the north atlantic treaty organization. 15this building come designators of the commu

the united states of america are bigger than those that divide us. perspective the strategic partnership must be based on mutual interests and respect. understanding of our respective , realisticoncerns expectations from each other, and a positive narrative about each other. to identifyeed areas of common interest, and bilateral, regional, and global interest. the arrival of forces to years ago, we have, long way. onhave six working groups economic and trade cooperation, energy sector cooperation, counterterrorism and andenforcement, defense, nuclear nonproliferation and strategic stability. making good progress and all of these working groups. we have agreed to a plan of action to promote cooperation. our cooperation on counterterrorism and law in thement has resulted enhanced capacity of our ied'sty forces to reduce and extremist organizations. , we have asector wonderful cooperation going on. , because ofone year the assistance provided by the united states of america, we have added 14 megawatts of energy. the assistance that we are getting, we are

she hosted both for state visits to the united states. e state visit for the field marshal who was unique. only once in american history has mount vernon, george washington's home in use for a state visit. jackie wanted to use mount vernon. she had just come back from a trip with her husband into the palace and austria. but we don't have any palaces. but she wanted to do something equally grand. so, in june when mount vernon was the sight site of a very special summit. a few months later, they came in november and a and they have now of course if you have mount vernon for the pakistani, what do you do to altitude that? so they went to jackie's home in newport rhode island to the cottage but if you've ever driven around newport, you would realize that it's more different than all of us. but it turned out to be a complete failure. at this point, they were getting on in age of a very tired and exhausted from the flight and answered most of kennedy's request and the short answers there was no engagement and then it got worse. after the stop of

as alluded to earlier tonight, the history of the united states is one that has a continuous stream of minority groups who have been targeted landscape goaded and victimized by abuses of power, african-americans being the most common and consistent example, but other groups as well, whether immigrants or accuse communists were japanese-americans during world war ii have been similarly targeted based on the knowledge that these marginalized minority groups that the government can seize power without anyone much caring about it. the air is an argument that the muslims are the latest in this continuum, the current example that has replaced communists and other groups as this favorite group from the u.s. government to target and demonize to justify abuses of power. there is an argument that one should look at it that way. i actually think there are some unique attributes about this persecution that distinguish it from those other prior examples. i think is very difficult to compare injustices quantitatively to see which are better or worse. it's not profitable to do that, there are unique

every day goes by the united states seems weaker and the more marginal actor.increasingly dismissed as irrelevant increasingly viewed by world leaders that our president is a laughingstock. and so our third goal must be to restore america's leadership. as reagan knew well the best way to project america's leadership is by protecting and promoting america's strength and this principle should always guide our actions. the next president will have to contend with in ever worsening state of american interests around the globe. given the opportunity squandered and the enemies emboldened under president obama's launch. our most immediate challenge comes from middle east which is what i want to talk about today. make no mistake about it this is a global problem and significant potential for conflict from the baltics to the south china sea are made ever more difficult by president obama shameful funding of our military. giving president obama's detached address to the nation on sunday night it is now a virtual circuits. the next president will have to deal with the sco

since 1947, we have been part of every initiative the united states of america had taken, not only in our own region but also globally. i have been -- we talk about the ups and downs in this relationship, i have no doubt that the current phase is certainly one of partnership and building convergences. in the past several years, we have had our respective shares of complaints against each other. certainly, we have realized that we need to end the past and look to the future. and with this in mind, we have opened a new chapter in our relationship between pakistan and the united states of america. in our view some of the important developments which are taking place internally in pakistan and also the kind of regional and global challenges, i would call them the common global ch challenges we are faced with that fundamentally alter this relationship making it more robust, sustained and strategic. internally, pakistan over the last several years has gone through a silent revolution. and tony has very ably captured the current mood in pakistan. we certainly are a transformed country. i say

we thank the united states' secretary of state mr. hn kerry for presiding over in this important meeting. we also welcome the adoption of this landmark resolution. which delineates the process which will bring about the end of the syrian crisis. it is a step forward by pledging to support the ceasefire in syria. we encourage all parties to abide by its provisions in order to successfully lead to the transition, insuring that the continuity of governmental institutions as well as -- territorial integrity of syria. we ask all parties in syria as well as the international community to maintain the focus and commitment to principles stipulated in this resolution and in geneva communique. mr. president, conflict in syria became one of the most appalling situations con fronting the international -- confronting the international community. with the violation of political and humanitarian and economic -- the security council has addressed this on a number of occasions. with a feeling of despair prevailing due to the grim situation faced by syr

you've been at the united nations. enator cardin, which i appreciate deeply, raised the issue of just our payments, the amount that we -- you know, we have 22% of the world's gross domestic product, and yet we obviously contribute 28.5% of the budget here. our other, quote, associates, if you will, at the united nations obviously are not doing their part, otherwise our amount would not be 28.5%. we find this same to be the case. i've referred to it now three times at nato. it's where we desire things to happen. it seems more so than others, and therefore we end up being financially exposed more than others. you've been in this role. tell us, from your perspective, what we as a country can do to seek equilibrium and cause other countries to play their appropriate roles. >> well, it's frustrating. i mean, we -- and i think you were right, senator, to talk about the kind of mysterious ways in which the budget is negotiated and very often right at the end of the year just before christmas, before everybody's in a rush to ge

so the united states has been playing a leading role. 've seen that leadership result in significant, specific commitments from a large number of countries, and we're optimistic about the eventual outcome, okay? john. >> thanks a lot, josh. the president on sunday night spoke about the important role that muslim leaders have in terms of putting up a message that you can put up against isis. and i wanted to read to you some comments that the l.a. director for the cocil on american-islamic relations said last week on cnn. he said when we, the united states, support two leaders in egypt or other places, when we support dictatorship in present regimes around the world that push people over on the edge, then they become extremists, they become terrorists. we are partly responsible. then he went on to say "let's not forget some of our foreign policy as americans, as the west, has fueled that extremism." do you agree with those comments? >> well, i'm hearing them for the first time. let me just say in general that the united states is an ardent

the citizen in the united kingdom. would say this at a time that people question whether we can defeat these terrorists, we are defeating them and we are making the process. in the last year the coalition against us has liberated over 40 percent of the territory under their control in iraq. we're stemming the control to the ranks. we're exploiting in the financial network, and we're successfully targeting the oil supply. as the british prime minister said here in september, we're leading the efforts to tackle the propaganda so that fewer people have the message of hate. now we know that those that seem to commit acts of terror had will not stop. when our values and freedom are threatened and efforts are made to under mine the international peace and the security that this counsel protects, we must all unite to condemn them and prevent fur prevent further tragedy. since they announced back in 1999 the threat for terrorism has evolved. we face a new type of threat and that in the territory that they control and the forei

out acts in the united states. we are vigilant about this threat and have taken a number of steps to prevent it. >> on the climate conference, even before it started the president acknowledged that the individual commitments of different nations would not be enough to slow the warming of the planet. if china and other nations dig in their heels and do not agree to the five-year review of their commitment, is that a sign of a long-term failure of the plans? josh earnest: the agreement that is being contemplated in pairs would be historic, because it certainly would make a tostantial contribution reducing carbon pollution. and the kind of factors that lead to climate change. hope would beuld agreed to in pairs, would not be sufficient to entirely solving the problem and that is why we believe a core component of the agreement should be a commitment on the part of countries who are signing on the dotted line to repeat the commitment they have made at regular intervals. those who sign up and follow through, with their l

may god bless the united states of america. ladies and gentlemen, please stand as the chaplain of the united states senate, dr. barry black, gives the benediction. dr. black: let us pray. years, andweary tears, the only source of true freedom. we thank you for this opportunity to commemorate the ratification of the 13th abolished thech peculiar institution of slavery and helped to give america a new .irth of freedom may our commemoration of this transformational amendment make us more vigilant in this time of to protect the freedoms of all human beings, gender,ss of race, eed, language, or religion. made commemorating this sconce -- madeachievement commemorating this constitutional achievement reaffirm that every human being heir to a legacy of dignity and freedom. generation, keep as feet on the right path you use us to ensure that justice will roll down like righteousness like a mighty stream. pray this prayer in the name of him who came to set us free. amen. >> amen. [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, please r

running for president of the united states. you got to have heart for people, you got to understand why people are frustrated. you have to have a mind to be able to come up with creative solutions to fix the things that need to be fixed. you got to have a spine. you got to have a backbone. this is a tough job. think it's hard to deal with in town hall meeting? yeah, it's not the easiest thing. but lot harder to deal with putin or the ambitions of china or doing with the stagnant economy. you need somebody whose compass points north who selling to persuade people toward their cause rather than back away whenever there is any pressure. >> dickerson: talk about politics at the end here. six months ago people thought you were the front runner. your campaign -- you hated being front runner. >> i feel much better back here. dickerson: why did you hate being the front runner? >> i've always thought that there was going to be a high expectation for me, i totally get it. >> dickerson: because? >> because i have brother that was president

a ban on all muslims entering the united states is this too far? trump's spokewoman our guest. >>> and the number of foreigners joining the fight for isis more than doubling. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. new evidence tonight that the san bernardino killers were radicalized for some time. that is according to the fbi. which tonight is also revealing that a bigger plot to kill may have been in the works. also new tonight, we are learning that an additional 19 pipes which could easily have been turned into bombs were found in the apartment belonging to syed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik. we are learning that the couple practiced their shooting skills at a firing range and practiced together days before the massacre. this is when they came into the united states in july of 2014 from saudi arabia. malik and farook are going through customs at o'hare international airport in chicago when they came back from saudi arabia. in a moment i'm going to speak exclusively to the attorney representing f

i'll tell you that we have an experience in the united states. we have done it with the aids movement. you know, the aids movement ... they changed the law, the way the business was done, the pharmaceutic al company agreed on that, they produced 35 drugs in 10, 15 years and they kept the price down to $18,000, and the life has been prolonged. i think we have an example when the patients get involved in it, the community gets involved in it, things do change. craig vansandt: to put that in perspective, this ght, the late 1980s, early 1990s, am i in the right time frame? dr. ghosh: 1980s, right. craig vanaandt: not that any of us are political experts, but my take is that the chance of getting government to make the kinds of changes you're talking about with the aids issue is much less today than it was 20 years ago. dr. ghosh: i think we need to go back to history. these were young men who shut down the fda for a day, closed the wall street for 2 days. they were young, they were dared, they advocated. they were their own advocate. the government is

news we just reported a moment ago, trump calling for all muslims to be forbidden from entering the united states. the council on islamic american relations, telling us, donald trump sounds like the leader of a mob, not the leader of a great nation like ours. he's doing the work of isis. that does it for this hour. i'm kate snow. "mtp daily" begins right now. if it's monday, and as president obama tries to calm the country's fears over isis and terrorism, the republican party's front-runner for 2016, donald trump, wants a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the u.s. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >> and we start with donald trump saying that it's time to block all muslims from entering the united states. in a statement within the last hour, trump justified this severe proposal, saying, quote, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. but the extreme rhetoric that servesas trump's hallmark may be wearing on voters. he just tweeted. just put out a very important policy statement on the extraordinary influx of hatre

now, they're in the united states legally. ork and they can compete with an american taxpayer for jobs, for all the other resources. they get benefits. they go tower to our schools. they do a lot of things just like an american citizen. i got a problem with that. i got a problem with that. do you pant to say something? >> sir, the last time we had the surge in the summer of '14, the administration put a bill up, one of the key elements of the bill was to build an immigration system that actually would work, because you put your finger on the problem. we have 243 immigration judges, and we need many more in order for an immigration process to work and produce the results either way, but produce a result in a timely fashion, and the frustration. >> and the frustration is you have to lock down the border and get rid of the people here committing crimes. they're here illegally committing crimes and you release them back out into the public, some 60-plus thousand times you did that. these are criminal element. don't nell about the l

at a time when the united states have declined. what their military intervention has done and was designed to do was to ensure that russia has a seat at the table in any negotiations about a future peace deal. this includes giving russia essay but also as a key balancer in politics as well. they want to play a role in bouncing the interest of syria, iraq, iran, saudi iran, saudi arabia and other regional powers as well. you can see given the role that russia has played in a different demo craddick issues, it's been successful in inserting itself into the center of the conversation. they may now hold the key to a peace deal, but it's possible to them imagine a a peace deal that didn't include moscow. russia is not going to match the influence it had during the cold war. they want show other states that russia is a force they can turn to, especially if they want to balance against the united states. we've seen this over the last year or so. egypt was a country that had been very much identified as the pro- western camp the united stat

to practice in the united states. but does that point to the group of voters that we heard from, from his event and gave him a standing ovation last night, steve? >> yes. but i think it's broader than that. a lot of times we look at trump saying this is a phenomenon of the republican base. i think specifically on this question of islam, on this question of muslims, it is broader than that because there was a poll taken just last month that asked the question, is islam itself compatible with american values in the american way of life? 56% of all americans, all parties said that it isn't and that includes 43% of democrats. i think that's one of the things you're seeing with donald trump here. you find the numbers tend to be all over the place a little bit depending on the poll you look at. what kind of voters are you encolliding in the polls? opening it up to non-traditional republicans, trump does better. we don't necessarily aappreciate it. it's not just the hard-core republican base. he is appealing to a broader swat

donald drum' saying he would ban muslims from entering the united states. a new rule that would allow non-profits to handle the donor information, private, personal information and it's causing a controversy. the f.b.i. knows farook and tashfeen malik have been radicalized for some time. there is no evidence so far of an international plot. >> we have learned and believe both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time? how did that happen? the question we are trying to get at is how did that happen and by whom and where did that happen. i'll tell you we don't know those answers at this point. jeff? reporter: i was at the press conference with the f.b.i., atf and local law enforcement. they don't have that assessed yet completely. was it someone overseas. some one in the u.s.? could it just be the internet? temperature however you figure it, necessity were radicalized for some time and that extended to making sure before this event took place that they knew how to shoot straight. >> we do have evidence that both of these subjects did some --

the united states still has more work to do. have to make sure we have more of the readers and so on in the necessary places so that the system can work properly as it is designed to work with instant electronic feedback when you put that biometric passport under a reader. but if other countries are not even that far along, this legislation will empower the secretary of homeland security to say, we're going to suspend your participation for this very reason. and finally, we do the same thing with regard to countries putting important information like the information you just described into the interpol databse that is used internationally, with regard to people who have had information gathered about them that would raise concerns about whether or not they would be likely to engage in a terrorist attack. >> the legislation that is coming to the floor in the days ahead to strengthen the visa waiver program is expected to enjoy really significant bipartisan support. it might even come up under an expedited floor procedure where it

so the united states has to get tougher with pakistan. we have to call them out on this double game that they have been playing, not this year, not last year, not five years, but for the past 15 years. i can appreciate, and you in your capacity must try to, i guess, deal with these issues as diplomatically as possible, but when you really look at the cold, hard facts, when you really look at the cold, hard facts, pakistan is not an ally to the united states. they have facilitated, they have encouraged, they have been a protector of the very enemies. so there's these two conversations going on. there's one when the americans are in the room. and the other conversation when we're not in the room. the one that is most detrimental to us, the american people, our american soldiers, is the one that's going on when we're not in the room. i would ask you to comment. >> thank you, congressman. and i wanted to say that we do share your concern, particularly about the development of pakistan's nuclear arsenal. we're concerned both by the pace and the

how many are still in the united states of america? i don't have that. >> the state department who gave the visa thought about it and got more information and decided we better revoked dot 9500. those that have that information -- >> when well i guess that information? >> if he -- we will provide that when it starts up again. is it a key indicator with the threat. it could be depending on the facts. it's been a disproportionate number, hasn't it? how quickly we forget about 9/11 it's not even in the top three priorities that the secretary of homeland security, that's what i have a problem with. this memo of november 20, 2014 where the secretary outlined the priorities for the deportation, category number two. and i want you to understand what i'm seeing at the end of the category. again this is in the top you're top are you ready for the removal but number two. these aliens should be removed unless there are factors indicating that it's not a threat to national security, border security or public safety. and should not therefore be an e

my plan is to build up the united states military and to take the sequester off of the united states litary budget. to build a new nato across the middle east. and in terms of the international guerrilla force, we have to -- the forces that are going to be necessary not just the military but also police, fire, and rescue, build up the intelligence community in this country so we know what the enemy is doing and to prepare and fight the ideological battle that i've referred to right now. because, ladies and gentlemen, much of this war that we're engaged in is an ideological war. there are people going to the middle east right now who think they're doing the right thing. we have to stand for what is right and just. we have to call on the muslim community in america and worldwide to stand with us and to say that what is going on is wrong. and fight this ideological war. because the barbarity and the savageness of what we're seeing in this radical islamic philosophy cannot stand, and we have plenty of reminders of it. last night i was watching "sh d "schindler's list" and they presented s

the united states was one of the largest donors to the relief and rebuilding effort in the wake of this catastrophe. through charitable donations, d.o.d. contributions, and search and rescue operation and relief efforts. united states search and rescue teams search for survivors trapped in debris. these first responders continuously put their lives on the line at home and abroad. mr. speaker, this is an example of american leadership. their bravery and efforts do not go unnoticed. we should all do what we can to make their indevers easier. un-- endeavors easier. unfortunately, american contractors and volunteers, despite being coordinated by usaid, are subject to passport fees at their own expense when attempting to travel abroad in response to these disasters. to alleviate this object tickle -- obstacle, h.r. 3750, the first responders passport act, would allow the secretary of state to grant their passports free of charge. i'm proud to have introduced this commonsense bill with my colleague, mr. issa from california, because contractors and volunteers deserve the same treatment as gov

the measure from the united nations meeting headed by the u.s. treasury secretary, which in and of itself is new and unusual step for the u.n. to do business this way, will aim to put pressure on the u.n.'s member states. that would be turkey as well, included there. if they didn't do enough to close down on isis funding, that would be oil and any other way, helping close down borders as well. this will put pressure on the u.n.'s member states to share better intelligence about isis. a lot of pressures there. oil and the money that keeps isis going and funding and buying weapons and keeping it active on the front lines. that is the main target. what can the u.n. do here? it can introduce what is known as chapter 7 in the language of what is agreed here which would allow the u.n. to punish member states if they weren't doing enough to tackle isis funding or close down its borders with syria or tackle it in any other country. it is not just syria. libya and yemen and anywhere isis is popping up. this is why you go to the u.n. and get all of the nat

we are getting a lot of assistance from the united states of america. but the one thing that we need is three or 4,000,000,000 dollars in order to build the type of infrastructure that we need. the support we are getting from other sources is very small. i think this is an area that is a lot of understanding of this problem that we face. hopefully, as we have more dialogue i think that will bring a lot of prosperity to the people of the tribal areas. >> thank you both for coming and talking to us today. you touched upon the importance of economic development to peace in the region. you talked about how pakistan is the kitchen and countries in the region and with the u.s. to expand its economic development. could you touch on the domestic policies that pakistan is pursuing to reduce corruption in pakistan and otherwise make pakistan a better environment for new and growing businesses? >> i think this is an important issue because corruption as mentioned are an issue that is going on. again i would like to mention that democracy has done a lot of good to p

how much worse are the sympathys in europe compared to the united states? we know there's worse. >> we've been trying to track these numbers stance the start of the syrian war in 2011. by the middle of 2014 we thought a few gone from europe, very few from the united states, but it's a growing problem. we see almost double those figures, particularly in europe. in the u.s. the increase is much, much less. still only about 150 people or so who have gone from here, but in europe it's many thousands. that is obviously of great concern to the european authorities >>> perhaps to correlate with the fact that american muslims generally are seen as much better integrated in society here than in europe, but that's still 150 people from here that the government has to keep track of. >> we don't know who is coming, staying there, going to get killed. 40 or so have come back. it's a huge devotion of resources if you're going to follow all of those. clearly you need to find out why people have gone and why people have come back >>> a report that says i.s.i.l. may become m

his latest insult is his call to stop all muslims from entering the united states. is both a shameless and dangerous idea. at a time when america should be doing everything we can to lead the fight to defeat isis and other radical jihadists, donald trump is playing right into their hands. >> joining us is an expert on isis and radical youth isolation. what's your reaction to the last line there that donald trump is playing right into isis' hands? >> thank you, chris. mrs. clinton is absolutely correct because when isis says -- sorry, when donald trump says the kind of things that he's saying, he's actually undermining the biggest point of strength the united states has, which is the fact that this is an open society and the fact that this is probably one of the places in the globe where muslims have been thriving the most. so he's doing the country a huge disservice by admitting to kind of kooky theories and suggestions of his, because he's basically doing isis' work which is ultimately the process of radicalization. it tells youth they don't fit in the west and tha

you have the status profile of the united states. the rules were written in breton woods and all of that. china has benefited from those rules. the economy has grown immensely since 1979. you have a huge economic growth in china that has occurred. is no doubt that the global economy has shifted from a north atlantic-based economy, which it was for about five centuries, to now a north pacific-based economy. we are in the middle of that transition. it is not yet in the history books. historically, when you see an economic power shift like that, you also see military power follow. we are seeing that. we are seeing the significant rise in chinese military capabilities across the board. we are watching it closely. i think with china, we are playing the long game. you look at the china dream they talk about. the two 1/100th pay the birth of the chinese communist -- the two 100's. the birth of the chinese communist party. you have to play the long game. there is nothing inevitable about china becoming an enemy. history is not optimistic abou

lebanon, turkey, tunisia, egypt, and most recently the united states. roughout the world since june 2014, thousands of men and women have lost their lives as a result of terrorist acts carried out by daesh, or groups which is sort of allegiance to it. so everyone knows is here, all of us are concerned. faced with such indiscriminate barbarity it is each and everyone's a duty to act. such times each and every one of us must set aside their national specificities to pool our efforts to progress our common endeavor. this comment endeavor, well, if you're at the security counsel of the united nations that it must find its expression because it is here and the history of all the major crises were written. added a we are faced with the crisis on just such a scale. this message was one which i shared. last week in brussels with my european colleagues, at the heart of this other collective endeavor, this comment endeavor that is of european union at the terrorist threat is a threat to the whole world. but it's also more specifically a threat to the european proj

i was the united states attorney in southern california. and i recall in the 1990s there were terrorist were watch lists in each of the various departments. in the aftermath in the 14 years since 9/11, we have built a system that brings together the information of the united states government and constitutionalizes in a multiagency way. we have the national counterterrorism center, the nctc, that maintains the tie, terrorist identity database. environment. tscb managed by a multiagency terrorist screening center, terrorist watch list. we actually have brought the system together. and we do communicate. and i trust during this hearing we will have an opportunity to discuss that. the second major shaping influence was we realized that 98% or 99% of all travel into the united states is lawful. we need to see facilitation and trade as being the same process. we need to introduce a risk management into the trade and travel vetting systems. the third influence was that we recognize in the global world where there is a massive instantaneous constan

now, the united states has quarterback, we all watch football; right? would a game be like without a quarterback? everybody would be running all over the field. john: so we have to take the lead. >> yeah. but not necessarily militarily. we take the lead and say okay. you guys can do this, you guys can do that. >> i think part of the problem is when the u.s. takes the lead, it drives a lot of these young people, disaffected youth across the middle east and other places to say, oh, the u.s. is fighting us, we must fight then. >> so then what do you do? how do you solve it? >> we have to encourage regional powers to step up. john: president obama says we have mobilized 60 countries to go after isil. >> well, most of those countries aren't engaged in the fight. the europeans have only stepped up in the last couple of weeks, the gulf states bombing in syria haven't done -- john: so we should back off since they won't do it. >> no. we have to tell these states that we're not just going to from the gap if you don't do it. these states are far more vulnerable t

the year was 1830. 2 million slaves resided in the united states. ition there were 300,000 free people of color who had obtained their freedom. many of them were engaged in business and were prospering. some even had the audacity to attempt to teach slaves to read and write. some became preachers of the word of god. free blacks were doing great things, but they ran into resistance from slave-holding states. in 1830 and 1832, some southern states, particularly my state of north carolina, made it unlawful to teach a slave to read or write. they also made it unlawful for any freed person of color or slave to preach in public or officiate as a preacher or teacher in any prayer meeting or other worship where slaves of different families were gathered. the punishment for committing either crime was a fine for whites, for free persons of color or slave offenders the punishment was a sentence of 20 to 39 lashes on the back. the teaching of slaves and the preaching of freed blacks was greatly impeded, but it did not end. slavery continued. ladies and gentleme

shame on us in the united states senate. we are complicit by our inaction. the congress is complicit by its silence. and moments of silence have its place, but silence by inaction here is complicity. and it's not only the failure to act. it's also the obstruction that has been placed in the way of knowledge and research. the so-called rider -- nobody outside the united states capitol would talk about riders, an amendment that stops the government from doing research, literally research, fact-gathering, investigation on gun violence. the cause of 30,000 deaths every year in this country cannot be researched by the center for disease control and prevention. in fact, we face a public health crisis in this country. if it were ebola or influenza or polio and we faced these kinds of epidemics or feared epidemics in this country and we've reacted with drastic and effective measures, including quarantine and vaccines that mobilize a nation, the response of the united states congress to the epidemic of gun violence is to bar research by the c.d.c. and other public hea

. >> with millions people traveling to the united states for business and pleasure and everything like that to scrutinize every one of them that way would almost be impossible. let's advance the story tonight. the -- >> -- i don't think it would be impossible but it would be something that has to be done. >> i assume that if you are president, the goal is to defeat the jihadi; is that correct? that's the goal? >> yes correct. correct. >> would you cede as you said last night, that you need arab muslim nations to help the united states defeat the jihad? would you cede that? >> no, i don't. but i do think it would be very helpful. >> no? >> no. but i do think it would be very, very helpful. >> how does it help them if you say to the king of jordan you and all your people can't come here for a while until i sort it out. saudi arabia, morocco egypt their government is cooperating with ice with us. >> when you say their governments are letting us, we are paying a very big price to have governments let us do anything. >> but still -- >> -- we have. >> allow us to use bases in turkey. >> excu

the united states and others oppose that. s a result, they traded where the gender equality was taken out to make the saudis happy in the rights of occupied people was taken out to keep the united states and other states happy. have amnesty you international, president robinson, your response? them.gree with neither human rights nor gender equality are secure in the text. human rights is still in the operative art, which is important but it is in brackets and could go. amy: what does brackets mean? >> it means it is not a great. if it is not in brackets, that is text that has been agreed. there are still a lot of brackets. gender equality, for reasons we don't understand, was dropped. protection of human rights and promotion of gender equality. obviously, i want both because they are extremely important. amy: is sounds like saudi arabia did one gender equality and the u.s. did not want referenced occupied people. >> maybe. there are a lot of negotiations going on. i think a lot of countries one gender equality back in, so we a

we know there is the geographic challenge in trying to unite gaza and the west bank. these territories are separated a mere 25 miles, and between light some major israeli cities with large populations like beer sheba. uniting these territories split state of israel in half. beyond the territorial challenge, a much bigger challenge exists. the challenge is the split hamas,n fatah and which operate in a constant conflict. these two groups are constantly arrested each other's political foes in their respective territories. they reportedly torture each other's operatives and are continually buying for the support of the palestinian people. part of the problem is that secular while, is deeply religious. while there have been times in the past when that groups try to operate governments, this has always devolved. the bottom line is if the israeli government to date with street to the 1967 borders and gave up jerusalem, there is no one palestinian group representative of a palestinian people that could ratify the agreement. thus, no peace agreement can be hamas-fatahil the is

so the united states has to get tougher with pakistan. we have to call them out on this double game that they have been playing, not this year, not last year, not five years, but for the past 15 years. i can appreciate, and you in your capacity must try to, i guess, you with these issues as diplomatically as possible, but when you really look at the cold hard facts, when you really look at the cold hard facts, pakistan is not an ally to the united states. they have facilitated, they have encouraged, they have been a protector of the very enemies. so there's these two conversations going on. there's one when the americans are in the room, and the other conversation we were not in the room. the one that is most detrimental to us, the american people, our american soldiers, is the one that is going on when we are not in the room. i would ask you to comment. >> thank you, congressman. i want to say that we do share your concern, particularly about the development of pakistan's nuclear arsenal. we are concerned old by the pace and the scope of