in the first world war of dough buoys came from all parts of the united states, because to the first world war is the first time that we conscript a mass army from the very beginning of a conflict. so we'd also had drafts before in the past but they had come in the middle of a conflict, and the civil war when voluntary lenment dropped off. the first world war, we enact the draft right from the very beginning, a short window of opportunity to volunteer, and the army, and that closes off, and so what that means is 72% of the armis going to be conscripted and they have to spread the period out equally throughout the united states. every state has a quota, and the idea this really is a men's army that represents the american population. so there were a few reasons america decided to race the army different any in the first world war. the first reason is they expected there to be large casualties. america enters the war in 1917, so the war has been going on for two and a half years, so they understand and in fact they're going to need millions of men, and they're worried that after the fi

the united states will be richer and stronger. ibilities to those who depend upon us. ♪ >> ♪ for purple mountain majesty above the fruited plain america america god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ >> this is still a beautiful continent. but we want america the beautiful to be left for those who come after us. the late poet once remarked, what makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography. our greatness today rests in part on this good piece of geography that is the united states. what is important is what the people of america do with it. ♪ ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> this weekend, a 1968 campaign film created for richard nixon. here is a preview. nixon: i have a role about press conferences that some of my professionals on my staff do not agree with. i never played questions. -- plant questions

the united states will be richer and stronger. ur responsibilities to those who depend upon us. ♪ >> ♪ for purple mountain majesty above the fruited plain america america theehed his grace on thy good with brotherhood sea ♪ a to shining this is still a beautiful continent. but we want america the beautiful to be left for those who come after us. the late poet once remarked, what makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography. our greatness today rests in part on this good piece of geography that is the united states. what is important is what the people of america do with it. ♪ ♪ >> the supreme court is vested with this outsized amount of power. with that power comes great responsibility. the idea the you have individuals sitting on the court unfettered for 35 years just doesn't pass the smell test in a modern democracy. ght, the changes he would like to see at the supreme court, including opening up oral andments to cameras requiring justices to adhere to the same code of ethics that other federal judges follow. cour

the united states response is freer sanctions. beginning in 2009-2010, the murder of high profile opposition activists, beginning with orlando zapata zamaya, and in 2011 with the founding leader of the ladies in white, lara poyan and harold zaparo, nominatenumerous times for the nobel prize and cul killed in wt appears to be a state security operation. we've seen the violence increase post-december 2014. we are carrying for surli avila leon, one of the people who tried to keep a school open and because she got frustrated with official channels went purged from her position in the government and machete attacked in november of 2014. this is a situation that is deteriorating and the administration's nonresponsiveness does not point to a bright future. today marks the 13th anniversary of the cuban black spring. back in 2003 a year after jimmyy carter's visit to cuba, there was a massive crack down on organizers of the varella project, there was an international campaign of solidarity to see those prisoners of conscience released, and

puerto rico belongs to but is not part of the united states. in that was given by the supreme court with territories acquired. provided puerto rico was acquired by the united states, the political status of the inhabitants proceeding shall be determined by congress, and it was the emperor's iceman of that position that will activity framework in order for the development of a new relationship between the united states and the territories, and that lack of framework provoked the debate that eventually led to the articles which eventually provide the building blocks for the doctrine of not incorporation. but, in light of all that it has been clear that the territorial nature in the legal, political, and all has been reiterated that only by the supreme court and united states but by the presence task force and by the solicitor general for the supreme court in the case of puerto rico. in fact, it seems that puerto rico's still subject rico's still subject to the plenary powers of congress and they may indefinitely exercise control over puerto rico a

to see a sitting president of the united states walking through the plaza. this is the statue of a george washington figure of the revolution. this area is iconic cuba and saying that the united states and cuba are open for business. this is a historic moment. >> is there irony in that symbolism? >> i'm sure that president obama's opponent senator cruz, marco rubio and donald trump will look at this as a moment that president obama is apologizing for 50 years. and i'm sure that the castro government is viewing this. what we've seen of dissidents being rounded up just like dissidents being rounded up prior to the pope's visit. who knows if they would cheer obama. maybe they would cheer usa. those are things that the castro government is not willing to take. >> we talked about the symbolism between castro and obama, what will obama get out of it? will he get short-term concessions on human rights or other issues such as americans being able to do business in cuba. >> if there is a quid pro quo here, it doesn't look like it. what president obama is trying to do

we are not informed by the united states. we kind of feel at peace, that is the good news. 0 --but it am not to is certainly in a way more difficult because we have to defend. northern territory's. because the russians occupied them. we did not have to defend them. news,at i think is good bad news. maintaining administrative control. sovereignty over the islands. bad news, we have to defend islands. i would like to make a comment. i attended a conference in shanghai about five years ago on united states, japanese, chinese, trilateral maritime relations. reality, that- in trilateral relationship was more like two bilateral relationships. this was after the instance of the bumping into the ships. shouting at each other. have is kind of like during world war ii, china and the united states had a very vis-a-vis japan and during the cold war, japan and the united states had a very tight relationship vis-a-vis the soviet union and in part towards thea, especially during 1950's and 1960's and early 1970's. i do not recall any situati

we have to insist our children be educated all over the united states. and john adams, who developed the northwest ordinance which put so much emphasis on education. thomas jefferson said any nation that expected to be ignorant and free hoped for what never was and never will be. this country has become rich because nature was good to us and because the people who came from europe also bore among the most vigorous. were usedresources skillfully and economically and because of the wise work done by theodore roosevelt and others, significant progress was made in conserving these resources. we make -- unless we make the proper decisions today on how we should use our water and air and land and oceans, unless we make an effort comparable to what theodore roosevelt and others made 50 years ago, we will waste. today's conservation movements must embrac discipline unknown in the past, marshall our best technological resources. it must concern itself with theear energy as well as chemistry of water. the factors of open space. our priority is to attack and increa

the melting pot of the united states. you don't need to check the national identity you came from at the door to become what we all are, which is hyphenated americans or almost all of us came from someplace else. i'll finally say the europeans are just getting on top of this. the belgians for example, they now have only fairly recently a coordinated unit for threat analysis, a cuta which is supposed to be kind of a national model fusion center sort of based on what we have across the country between their two intelligence services and their federal police at the high national level, and we can't forget by the way that the high national level in belgium is made much, much more complicated by the multiple federal ways in which that system operates, not just politically, but geographically, linguistically and culturally, you know. 20 bonus points to whoever can tell me how many parliaments there are in belgium. it's more than one, and then working down to the local level, where there are multiple task forces, usually one per

there's no shortage of self-criticism in the united states. certainly no shortage of criticism of its president or it's government or foreign policy. and there's issues where i'm criticized from the left and the right at the same time. although for different reasons. the one thing that i will say is true though is is that everything that we do today is desi designed to take into account transparency, human rights, to speak out on behalf of the issues. and i make a trip to havana and i said the people of cuba had nothing to fear from me but you should know what i really believe. i believe the democracy is better than a one party or one person dictatorship. and i would say the same thing when i'm in china or russia or with some of our allies. and learn some of the lessons that we may not have fully learned at an earlier time. and ultimately more successful in foreign policy. >> no terms of brazil we didn't discuss it extensively other than the fact that we hope brazil resolves it's current political crisis in an effective way. it is a big country

to the united states are religious minorities. let me stress that this underrepresentation is not the result of intentional discrimination. the u.n. does praiseworthy and hard work in relieving the suffers of refugees around the world, and as a result improving the security and stability of nations in and near conflict and disaster zones. but it's well established that many religious minorities in syria are very reluctant to register as refugees with the united nations because they fear facing even more persecution. the u.n. itself has reported that minority communities fear that registration might bring retribution from other refugees in camps and other areas in which they have sought safe haven. the united states commission on international religious freedom has reported that christians refrain from registering with the u.n. because they fear being marked for revenge by forces loyal to bashar al-assad should he remain in power in syria. whether these fears are well-founded or not, the reality is they exist and they deter christia

and that's because this transformation has been mirrored by a change in the united states a-- united states' approach to the region. before president obama took office, our bilateral relationships were often strained. the united states standing in latin -- the united states' standing in latin america had suffered. suspicion of our motives was high an anti-american voices were ascendant and loud. if you'd asked some of our neighbors about the yankees, you'd have gotten roughly the same answer you'd get from a red sox fan. today, the american flag flies over our re-opened embassy in cuba. more americans are visiting cuba than at any time in the last 50 years. more american companies are looking to invest and do business in cuba. as we normalize relations, we have just announced relation laer to reforms to make it easier for americans to travel to cuba and engage with the cuban people. yesterday -- yesterday marked the first direct mail delivery flight between our countries in 53 years. today, colombia is experiencing historic change, as president obama noted during president santos' vis

when was the united states ever whole? >> host: why do you think bernie sanders faced so much backlash from the "black lives matter" group when he said, all lives matter? >> guest: well, he didn't really issue in that slogan. it was initiated by some people after the "black lives matter" hash tag got circulated. so he said it in one speech. but i think he has an understanding and he has had it consistently through his senate career, that we have particular challenges to the valuing and the equality of black and brown bodies in the united states, and native americans as well. so, we have of course, all lives matter but we need to redress the particular obstacles that some of our citizens and other people living in this space faced in just day-to-day survival. >> host: the book is called the future of whiteness. the author is professor of philosophy, linda alcoff, and mike is in new york city, calling in. mike? good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. i'd like to pose this question. the illegal entry to the country across t

we are still a colony of the united states. course, it's not settled and the issue of self-determination is never settled anywhere because all peoples have a continuing right to self-determination, but there is also dramatic snapshot of what the people of puerto rico believed at that time. for the first time the territorial relation defined as such a territorial relation was rejected by the people and that's an historical and political statement that cannot be forgotten. however, i'd like to point out a footnote. even if the result his been the other way around, that result would have been invalid under international law. no people may renounce to its right to self-determination. that means a right to self-determination is an inalienable right. that means it cannot be renounced. no people may agree to colonialism, to a colonial relationship. that is not a valid exercise of self-determination. in the collective level, that cannot be done. in the individual level, no individual may consent to slavery which is also an inalienable

reporter: none of these individuals will ever come to the united states? mr. earnest: you'll have to check with the department of defense about how they would resolve this? reporter: in the case of the woman, there's a d.o.j. warrant for her arrest, based on providing material support to terrorists, something, whatever that is. so why would someone like that not be brought to the united states to answer to a warrant issued by the department of justice? mr. earnest: you'd have to talk to the department of justice about that. their specific warrant that they filed related to alleged crimes, related to the woman's involvement in taking an american citizen hostage, and so those are very serious crimes and how the department f justice wants to pursue that is something that they will decide and you should ask them for their latest update. but right now she's in the custody of kurdish law enforcement officials and she's being brought to justice in heir system. reporter: you kind of and he my next question. because that case involves an american citizen, why is there n

the ussr approached the united states with soviet safeties seem measures. it reduced the type of dangerous behaviors. low flight overpasses, bumping's, other harassments. recognizing the emergence of the 1990's of the chinese service force, there were calls for u.s.-china a in sea. it had negative connotations because it was signed by two superpowers as an effort to avoid world war iii. a major trade partner with newer social ties, indeed we had 300 thousand chinese students studying in the united states right now. you did not have that during the cold war with the soviet union. a military consultant of agreement was signed which facilitates the annual discussion of maritime issues. and initially lacked some of the issues. over time, the two nations adopted a code of unintended and counters at sea that was created by the western pacific naval symposium. an annual gathering of navies that operate in the region. a friend of mine, captain smith, shared with me an encounter he had with a chinese forget in the eastern see a few years ago a end discussed the profe

the majority of asylum-seekers do not receive asylum in the united states. asylum-seekers are not guaranteed legal representation, there is no due process as we understand it in our justice system. legal representation makes all the difference. in 2010, only 11% of those asylum-seekers who did not have legal representation were successful in receiving asylum. having legal representation makes all the difference, but most asylum-seekers do not have legal representation. they either cannot afford it or cannot receive pro bono representation because the system is stretched too thin. that is the first factor in the having legal representation makes all the difference, but most asylum-seekers do not have legal representation. they either cannot afford it or cannot receive pro bono representation because the system is stretched too thin. that is the first factor in the post-cold war period, something that makes the period different, asylum-seekers. terrorism is a second factor that has affected refugee and asylum policy in the post cold war period. as a result, our

but those tests do violate the united nations security council resolutions. oblem is no one has done anything about it. we will, we will. i promise, we will. [cheers, applause] thank you. which brings me to my next point, the utter weakness and incompetence of the united nations. [cheers, applause] the united nations is not a friend of democracy, it's not a friend to freedom, it's not a friend even to the united states of america where, as you know, it has its home. and it surely is not a friend to israel. [applause] with president obama in his final year -- [laughter] [cheers, applause] [laughter] he may be the worst thing to ever happen to israel, believe me, believe me. and you know it and you know it better than anybody. so with the president in his final year, discussions have been swirling about an attempt to bring a security council resolution on terms of an eventual agreement between israel and palestine. let me be clear -- an agreement imposed by the united nations would be a total and complete disaster. [applause] the united states must oppose this r

the constitution of the united states is the best political document ever written and the united statesmilitary is the finest fighting force that mankind has ever known. i wanted to ask today anyone active duty or veterans of the united states military to please stand along with any formal or present law enforcement so we can thank you because america is free, the world is free because of you. [applause]. [applause]. >> ladies and gentlemen, some of you may be wondering where i get this accent from and i am here to tell you, of course, it is under lot-- undeniably on south texas. [laughter] >> one that i have work on for some time, very deep south southern texas. you may be wondering why this guy with the funny accent cares about the united states. well, it's very simple, ladies and gentlemen. was good for america is good for the world. when america does well, the world does well. when america is weak, the world becomes an exceedingly dangerous place and that's not a hypothesis, not a theory, that's not something i have drugged up or written on the back of a cocktail napkin, that is wha

. >> the united states role in the world is far more than our military. we are the economic leader of the world. people look to us for moral leadership. people look to us for stability. i think if you look at the period from world war to until now the world has changed a lot. a lot of the power we have economically in the world is rooted in what happened after world war ii when we had most of the world's gnp and we had the only solid currency in the world. we're now in a world where there's more competitive forces at work. i think the united states remains the natural leader for the next generations. >> rose: jack lew for the hour next. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: jack lew is here. he is the u.s. secretary of the treasury, a role he has served in since february 2013. he was previously president obama's chief of staff.

." >> there has been controversy about the policies of the united states early in those dark days ago. >> reporter: president obama's visit last week coincided with the 40th anniversary of argentina's coup de ta, when the argentinian president was overthrown. obama on the banks of the rio de la plassa. >> the pledge to continue to help families of the victims find some of the fruit in justice this they deserve, i can announce that the united states government will declassify even more documents from that period. >> reporter: the u.s. military and tense documents are expected to show the u.s. role during argentina's brutal military dictatorship. the state department papers released in 2002, and the national security archive, dedicated to open government. secretary of state henry kissinger talks about the gubs. two days after the 1976 coup, one of the kissinger staffers told him, we have to expect a fair amount of repression, and a good amount of blood in argentina before long. they have to come down hard, not only on the terrorists, but the party. kiss iger replied, i do want to encour

americansalf of all and on behalf of the other 96% of humankind waiting for leadership from the unitedtates, we well rejoin the community of nations -- we will rejoin the community of nations. will renew our alliances and we will build new alliances because they are essential to the final victory and success of a war on terror. administration, has run the most inept, ideological foreign policy in modern history. [cheers and applause] ry!ience, chanting: ker kerry! kerry! --ator kerry: this president this president has said again and again that he wants to run on national security. was to makerge bush national security the central issue of the campaign of 2004, i have three words for him that i know he understands. bring it on. this -- this cap paying -- this campaign is about the big issues and challenges that we face as a nation. tois about our opportunity .tep up opponents cannot campaign on jobs or health care or fiscal responsibility. instead, george bush, who promised to become a uniter, has become the great divider. -- just last week week he proposed to amend the constitution of

i was brought to the united states. when i was 21 years old, ten years after living in this country, i was given ajob as a police officer. by the city of oakland. >> officer oyen is emblematic of what officers say is needed to make a better police force, cops that accurately reflect the community they police. >> it is important in oakland to be part of the community. >> that was up from a department that was only 9% asian in 2000. >> we noh from the tenets of community policing that it's important for officers to represent the ethnic community. >> by failing to diversify their ranks, many departments are looking to hire more immigrants. california for example, allows municipalities to hire police officers who are northern citizens with green cards. >> we encourage people with immigrant status to apply at the oakland police department. because it does give us that breadth of experience we are looking for. >> but other big city police departments we researched require officers to be full citizens including new york city, s

do you believe there should be any self criticism of the united states with regard to the role of the united states during the dictatorships? and i would like to ask both presidents, have you discuss

let's talk about the threat here in the united states. ying to do something similar in the u.s. anytime soon? >> they would try. i don't know if they would be ccessful. fighters that have gone o to n join isis, much less the number that has rushed to the united states is dramatically lower than that of any country in europe. in belgium, by contrast, i was told today 535 belgian nationals went to syria. most of them probably joining isis. of that, 200 have rusheeturned. you have these concentrated ghettoized communities where jihadi marinates. isis have said in their pr propaganda, that they plan to strike washington. essentially saying, you ain't seen nothing yet. who knows. i think we do have to be on high alert here. as a precaution. >> peter, why does belgium have such a problem with terrorism inside belgium is this what does it mean worldwide as this fight against isis continues? >> i think the problem is not belgium obviously. they have a problem, but i mean, european countries, trans, germany, britain, we're seeing a number ofcountri

as never before for worker protections and environmental protections in the trade agreements of the unitedtates of america. and long overdue, waiting to be achieved as a matter of fundamental fairness, we will raise the minimum wage so that no one in america works a 40-hour work week and can't get out of poverty. and we will meet one of the most historic challenges of our nation. we will guarantee we have a plan for an energy independent united states. we -- we will invest in the technologies of the future, and we will create 500,000 new jobs doing so so that no young american in uniform will ever be held hostage to america's dependence on oil in the middle east. and i cannot wait -- audience, chanting: kerry! kerry! kerry! kerry! senator kerry: and i cannot wait to join with senator kennedy and with others of good conscience in the house on in the senate and all across this country -- we will complete the mission begun by harry truman to make certain that health care is regarded as a right and not a privilege in the united states of america. [cheers and applause] we will fight for an amer

the united states standing in latin america suffered. suspicion of our motives was high and anti- american voices were loud. if you had asked him about neighbors about the yankees, you would have gotten roughly the same answer you would get from a red sox fan. [laughter] >> today, the american flag flies over our reopened in the scene cuba. more americans are visiting cuba than at any time in the last 50 years. more american companies are looking to invest in new business in cuba. as we normalize relations, we have just announced regulatory reforms that will make it easier for americans to travel to cuba and engage with the cuban people. yesterday marked the first direct mail delivery flight between our countries in 53 years. today, columbia is experiencing historic change. as president obama noted during president santos is visit last month. thanks to the courage and determination of the columbia people and with bipartisan support here for planned columbia, club you today is more stable, secure and prosperous than it has been for decades

no, i will not deport children from the united states of america. amy: hillary clinton and bernie sanders debate in miami, days ahead of the key winner take all primary. in a debate hosted by univision, the discussed immigration, u.s. foreign-policy latin america, and more. we will speak to his story never titled colonel andrew bacevich on how donald trump is remaking america in the questions missing from the debates. we will also host a debate on who is the best candidate to challenge trump in a general election. >> i am very pleased and i think in the last national poll i saw we were running 18 points ahead of donald trump. >> if i'm fortunate enough to be the democratic nominee, there will be a lot of time to talk about him. i was the first one to call him out. i called him out when he was calling mexicans rapists, when he was engaging in rhetoric that i found deeply offensive. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the 2016 race for the white house, former secr

if those people come to the united states is that not a recruiting tool too? to say they're in guantanamo is going to be a stronger recruiting tool is sophistry at ts finest. because the jihad dees will look at them being here in the belly of the great satan. i think that argument is very weak and we shouldn't talk about that i disagree with your comments about the ewing way six. i met with their foreign minister, they don't have a clue of what the negotiation was when it was negotiated under president mojica. they don't know what the deals were. what the conditions were. they don't have a clue of monitoring and i think it's a joke. but saying that, i think the overall success rate, if there were 780 total detainees, we're down to 94% have been processed. that leaves only 6% and of those 6%, there's -- that's taking out the 36% -- or the 36 that have been cleared, yet this administration hasn't found them a suitable place to go. i would encourage you to move a little bit quicker on that. of the remaining 52% if we take the 30% that we know will go into combat a

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

india in its moment of greatest need had to ask the united states to bail it out. e letters are declassified and this is the first book that takes advantage of looking at these documents and death. with that, thank you for your attention. i'll be delighted to take questions if i can i will come up with answers. [applause]. >> john f. kennedy never went to india and pakistan during the thousand days he was in office. he had gone to india in the early 1950s and mrs. kennedy actually recounts what happened. she did not go with but it is a great anecdote. she said that when the then senator, john f. kennedy got to new delhi and they requested a meeting with the prime minister, the u.s. embassy told him the prime minister's attention all failed quickly and that if the prime minister's attention was failing he would look up at the ceiling and start playing with his pencil. within two minutes of the meeting with john f. kennedy, according to jackie, nehru was nehru was staring at the ceiling and playing with his pencil. it was not a very good start to their relationship bu

the united nations is not a friend of democracy even to the united states of america where as you know, it surely is not a friend to israel and with president obama in his final year. [cheers and applause] >> he may be the worse the to ever happen to israel. believe me. you know, it better than anybody. so with the president in his final year discussions to bring the security council resolution of the eventual agreement of israel and palestine. in agreement post would be a total and complete disaster the united states must oppose this resolution that i will use as president 100 percent. [applause] the people ask why it because that is not how you make a deal. they come to a table as they negotiate. each side must give up something those values that we have to do something in exchange for something that is required. that is what a deal is. something when we oppose it we bring together a group of people to come up with something that will not happen with the united nations. very important to only furthered delegitimatize israel it is a catastrophe and a disaster and it will not happen. [

states be viable and acceptable for the united states since in the past the united states has entered an arrangement similar to that with other countries which overall population added one to the other. in the 3rd question, it is not independence contrary to the new global dependency of nationstates to engage in new and comprehensive international agreements through which more and more integration is made in terms of economy, defense, security, and actually delegation of authority centralized entity not independent under the new developments of international? so i think that several facts and conclusions so far , stipulated, puerto rico was acquired by the end of the spanish cuban-american more. second, since then then up to these have exercised plenary powers of her puerto rico under article four section three. and forth and not incorporation was developed by several articles published by the harvard law review and the dr. discussed with the building blocks that later the supreme court used in the so-called insular cases they constitutionalize the actual relationship between the us a

. >> in the united states, is there an increased radical islamic terror ump not being addressed? >> look, new york city, mayor de blasio shut down the program designed to prevent it. that is indefensible, it is political correctness run amok. another example, the san bernardino terrorist, the female terrorist posted on social media public call to skree hjihad. the obama administration thought it was politically incorrect. we should not be admitting people calling for jihad and we need a president focused on keeping the country safe. on the visa application she put a made-up address in pakistan, it doesn't exist, yet the vetting from the administration because they don't acknowledge the threat, they vet her the same as anybody else. that doesn't make sense. >> we have to leave it there. it the top of the hour. thank you for calling in. that's it for me on "the lead." i'm in for jake tapper. i'm turning it over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." wolf? >> happening now, breaking news, coordinated attacks isis blame the bloody terror bombings in a airport, a u.s. ally and home t

, members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. i want to welcome all of you to the capitol visitor center. today we're honoring the foot soldiers of the 1956 voting rights marches. last year, we celebrated the 50th anniversary. but we felt that the foot soldiers' contribution to our country was so great that they deserve the highest honor in our possession, the congressional gold medal. so i am very glad to share this special day with you. we're also in the presence of some truly great americans. like my friend and colleague, congressman john lewis. [ applause ] we're also honored to be here with reverend f.d. reese and a man that i represent in wisconsin, paul simpson from elkhorn, i want to ask them and all of our living honorees to please stand right now and be recognized. [ applause ] i also want to thank the alabama delegation. hard to say that from wisconsin. i want to thank them for off

the united states met with the north koreans. afterwards, every single time we met with north koreans in geneva, afterwards we met with a small delegation from the republic of korea and a small thatation from japan within in residence in geneva. i debriefed them on what happened during the day. i would say very often those sessions of debriefing were very difficult with the representatives from the republic of korea who were suspicious that we americans were selling them out. that was amber, theme for the president of south korea at the time, which made things difficult for us. the only person who really enjoyed the way the south koreans were torturing those of us doing the negotiations, the north koreans who would not hesitate to pull my strength when we got in -- my string when we got into a meeting about how my allies were common -- commenting on all of this. i understood it because we were negotiating over something vital to south korea's security. i did not think it was inappropriate they should be deeply interested. similar

as we celebrate 240 years of the united states. if america is to make it through the third centennial, and 60 years time it is going to require all of us, every single one of us to stand up to protect and defend america and to crash political correctness. political correctness is stealing your confidence, it is stealing your joy, it is stealing your ability to lead, every single think that america is known for is being attacked. i'm here to tell you political correctness has dozens of targets. christians, men, there's lots of groups that is specifically targets but if the politically correct crowd had a deck of cards of most wanted cards, the ace of spades would be america, because america is the great hoedown to that leftist agenda. it is the only country that is showing resilience against what is going on. i know it may be hard for many of you who are in the thick of it to actually appreciate that but i'm here to tell you as it where he is worn and willing as america might be right now, it is still heads and shoulders the greatest

united states, the supreme court of the united states held that that was fine. that the united states had no obligation under its own laws or under international law to conduct asylum interviews on the high seas. so credible fear was a temporary measure, there probably wasn't even necessary in the end. it only lasted for a few months and i was startled to see credible fear appear in the statute of the united states. as part of our expedited removal process. when expedited removal came in, credible fear shows up in the statute. where does that come from? while it was invented as a device to screen out migrants, as has been commented on, it's being used now as a device to screen people in. so they don't have to actually prove their asylum claims. all they have to do is state credible fear. and they're basically in, they join the queue for an immigration judge so they can make their asylum claim in removal proceedings and we know that can sometimes take a long time. and the word is out. this is how you do it. you make a good credible fear claim and you're in. in th

. >> across the world, soviet missiles are aimed at the united states. whatever the president does, he risks nuclear war. >> west berlin is a cancerous sore. >> cuba may be on what's a collision course. >> no way of knowing whether western civilization will live or die. >> i think unless something is done, humanity will destroy itself. >>> early on in the '60s, thuf back drop of tension, you have capitalism versus communism, and it was palpable fear in the united states and in the soviet union that the two sides were going to get into a nuclear war. as the head of the soviet union, khrushchev was very idealogical. he believed the future belonged to communism. he said america needs to be contained, and the only way to do it is to prevent crises all around the empire. khrushchev came to the u.s. in the 1960s and said, we will bury you. and americans took it seriously. >> the speech did enrage a fire diplomatically between moscow and washington. >> to see if the soviets were building nuclear weapons, more importantly missiles to launch them at the united sta

countries like the united states, places like brussels. hat's the kind of thing that has actually helped him with republican primary voters even though many people thought it would hurt. i think we're starting to see some of the backlash from that coming from other candidates. we heard a little bit of that from hillary clinton today when she said we need to be reaching out to muslim communities, to islamic communities and make inroads there because the problem is when we seclude them, we have no idea what's going on there, then we have no idea how to root out radical islam and so i think we're starting to see sort of the pushback on both sides of the aisle on this, but it is the kind of thing, erin, that could help donald trump tonight in a place like arizona. >> all right, sara, thank you very much. i want to bring my panel back, congressman rogers, i want to start with you. donald trump, you know, says it wasn't just doubling down on the ban, temporary ban on muslims, he actually doubled down on the ban on waterboarding. he says he thinks

the united states of america is normalizing relations with the cuban people.ause] and today, i want to share with you my vision of what our future can be. i want the cuban people -- especially the young people -- to understand why i believe that you should look to the future with hope; not the false promise which insists that things are better than they really are, or the blind optimism that says all your problems can go away tomorrow. hope that is rooted in the future that you can choose and that you can shape, and that you can build for your country. i'm hopeful because i believe that the cuban people are as innovative as any people in the world. in a global economy, powered by ideas and information, a country's greatest asset is its people. in the united states, we have a clear monument to what the cuban people can build: it's called miami. here in havana, we see that same talent in cuentapropistas, cooperatives and old cars that still run. el cubano inventa del aire. [applause] cuba has an extraordinary resource -- a system of education which values every

we have the nukes until z under control, so why the united states interest? hy so concerned about the situation in russia? unfortunately american government does not give a clear answer why. what do you want? what are your objections? what is your goal? to have russia as a democratic country? okay, but why? if russians, for instance, don't want it, let's say. they don't want an american style of democracy, what's your business? why china doesn't teach russia how to live? why like india? three times bigger than the united states doesn't give lessons to putin? why american president or department of state comes there and gives a lecture? well, i want this -- i know it should be done this way, but still we have to answer the american side of the question -- what is our interests in russia? what do we want to see? to follow like white house directions? and you're right, that's not always good. so that's a question really -- not on our speaker's side, but on our side. first row question, and then we'll go back there. >> hello, i'm elaine sirou, an associate directo

clearly implying that those things do not happen in the united states >>> we'll bring in the ambassador into this conversation, a chev of mission, from 1999 to 2000. her resume is impressive. that is the highlight i'll give you. what is your take away from what you just heard? it was fascinating. >> it was really fascinating. up know what my immediate takeaway was? obama, president obama and raul castro agree on one thing, it's not going to be easy. president obama said okay, it's going to be a process. raul castro gave the example of a swimmer that took four times and finally succeeded and i thought that this was really wo workable that both of them put on the line. we have done our best today, but this is a process that has to go forward. the thing that i found the most interesting about president castro was the fact that he talked about guantanamo and the embargo, because thighs are always the things that they want to mention, they didn't mention the wet foot, white foot policy, so wondered if something happened behind the scene, they didn't want to raise the issue. one of the best t

where the driveway is so there are two units everybody wins that's what i like to see. >> eject commissioner hillis. >> i'll support that i think that is a good direction to go and you know bringing the height of that building down and possibly adding two bedrooms. >> commissioner johnson. >> i wanted to make sure the project sponsor hears those clear directives. >> staff have a comment is that clear. >> within piece comments that you have i'm the engineer the general contractor if you look at the projection front of the of the building the back has four board their 8 inch that means the back of the building is one inch turn around the front and we think the back of 20 feet and parts of it straight and . >> excuse me. >> you said it is a bigger project than before. >> no the foundation did not change we built even the existing foundation. >> hang on. >> commissioner johnson. >> all right. thanks this actually, i agree with a lot of the comments just a quick question for staff would that be possible for the project to go through

and this is another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together, regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. we can and will defeat those who threaten the peace and security of people all around the world. >> parts of europe are on lockdown right now. rail stations in airports in belgi belgium, france, and the u.k.s are either shut or at the highest alert level. the attacks come four days after salah abdeslam the only surviving suspect alleged to have carried out the paris attacks was captured in brussels. it also comes after authorities announce they were searching for another suspect who was a bomb maker. i want to go to mike viqueira. we all woke up thinking the biggest story in the world would be president obama speaking in havana, but we all woke up to news that there has been yet another major terror attack on a major european city. what more to we know about the white house's response to what has happened in brussels? >> reporter: obviously this happens in -- and it was an unde

the party needed to be united. all the polls show donald trump losing to hillary clinton, and losing head to head against the other candidates, so if they drop out, could that not be a problem. >> like it is, donald trump opened and closed, you have a lot of crossover voters. you see the secretary of state crossing over. voting for donald trump, and all these show independence. in the last two campaigns, and crossing over to vote. those have not been reflective. they were straight republicans. even voting in the past. donald trump probably pointed out he hadn't begun to attack hillary clinton. we watched them go out. when he hit, he hit hard. he had 100% success rate taking it out. we'll see what happened on the tuesday. on the tea party news network. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau was at the white house, it was the first state visit by a canadian leader. mike viqueira looked at the warm welcome justin trudeau received. >> it's been a day of goodwill, pomp and pageantry. president obama and justin trudeau

the united states has friends and allies all over the world. cond, their conventional capabilities have gotten better as we have seen demonstrated in syria but their capabilities are not on par with united states or our allies. have theey know longer strategic weight of numbers. it we look throughout history, we talked about the russian numbers, steamrolling through europe. they are losing several hundred thousand people per year in population. one of our colleagues has written a lot about this demographic challenge with russia. deal,, and this is a big i would say they don't have a modern, 21st century economy. when you think about russia, think about what they export besides oil and gas. not much. on top of that, they have a very robust china on their southeastern flank. given that strategic situation, what do they have to maintain their security? i would argue nuclear weapons. situation, strategic they are of the view, i believe and i think the record is clear, that nuclear weapons play a key strategyheir deterrent , a much larger role than u