as provided under the constitution of the united states, the laws of the united states, and the laws of the great state of michigan, the 2016 meeting of the electoral college is now convened and will come to order. please rise for the pledge of allegiance, led by the state representative, tom barrett. >> thank you. i pledge allegiance -- >> to the flag of the united states of america, and to the which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, governor. >> if you would remain standing, thank you, tom -- at this point, i will invite another to come forward to sing the national anthem. >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause]

[silence] >> the ballot for vice president of the united states. the chair requests the electoral college to preside over the election of the vice president of united states. >> the chair recognizes the honorable robert asher of montgomery county for the purpose of offering a resolution. >> resolve that the electors of the commonwealth of pennsylvania here assembled with indie house of the chamber of the representatives at the state capitol in the city of inrisburg, pennsylvania, accordance with the provisions of the constitutions and the laws of the united states and the commonwealth of pennsylvania do now proceed to ballot for the vice president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you, mr. asher. those in favor of the resolution will give their assent. oppose, the ayes have it. the resolution is unanimously adopted. the chair directs the tellers to see that a ballot for the vice president of the united states is distributed to each elect tour. each elector shall write on his or her ballot the name of the person for whom she or he votes for t

who are viewed as -- to probably get to it the united states. o with that, in southeast asia refew gee. the despite the news and under the fight that hundreds -- werem done. less than ofym exthey say there recognition policy. but also code world war going on. he demonstrated the yr butv: to tell the. a capitol moves aurnd of -- went through great light. as you see here on the photo. these photos are people trying to get -- what's for lan da. she understands refugees, some went through extraordinary -- they jumped over -- >> in some cases they built 100 borders. they demonstrated. they symbolized the hunger on behalf of human suit to live and freeze the fire, what started the exqumist. the highly skilled of their. there were people that were highly skilled on the survivor. >> refugees science like albert eistien, excuse zv von brown so could work in u.s. intelligence. he and his fellows played a key role in the space program. refugees also informed our political life. think of henry kissinger, madeleine albright they played a key role, there are o

before the civil war the united states were and after the civil war the united states was. it was a plural nouchblt it is the first thick that quickened my attention. august 16th, 1945 he says at this moment the united states stand at the summit of the world. august 16th, 1945 winston churchill the united states stand at the summit of the world. the implications of that are what i would like to develop with you here this afternoon and i would like to call your attention, if i can spool your recollection back fourth 1940, the nice full peacetime year for the united states in world war ii and just ponder for a minute how improbable that statement made in 1945, the united states stand at this moment at the summit of the world, how improbably it would have been to say something like that in 1940. it was the 11th year of the great depression, one hoover administration and two roosevelt administrations failed to find a proper exit from that great economic crisis. 1940 unemployment was still about 17% in the crisis 2008 and 2009. it was stuck there as of 1940. historians looking ba

and what of the united states? how goes the battle in the land of the free and the home of the brave? the communist plan for the conquest of the united states was explained to the american comrades by moscow's agent joseph ogany. toan he --ogany was sent this country by josef stalin for the specific purpose of laying the groundwork for the education that would eventually develop into a negro revolutionary movement. american negro problems was published in 1928 by joseph ogany using the alias john pepper and carrying the official communist line for american. >> the workers communist party of america in its fight against imperialism must recognize clearly the tremendous revolutionary possibilities of a liberation movement of the negro people. the black belt of the south, with its starving and poverty i negropert -- povertized agricultural working masses, with its jim crow laws, its semi-people status and political system still bearing the earmarks of the time of slavery constitutes virtually a colony within the body o

it urges that the president and secretary of state be strongly influenceto place the of the united states behind the nato, the prime minister of tunisia, the sultan of morocco to establish bases for a settlement of an independent personality of algeria interdependent to france and neighboring nations. i believe this to be of vital importance to us. octoberphoto was taken 15, 1962 in washington dc and carried the following caption, premier -- of algeria and president kennedy as -- receives full military honors shortly after his arrival today for talks with the chief executive. he is expected to thank kennedy for having called for algerian independence as far back as 1957. after receiving full military honors at the white house, he visited fidel castro before returning to algeria. in april of 1964, americans read in their newspaper -- far more important facts are that though very much a dictator, he is not a communist. one month later in may 1964, bella was awarded the peace prize in moscow. , our socialism stems from islam. we repeat before world opinion that we are not communist. after th

we saw it as part of the vote here in the united states. it is now a major issue in the french elections. so it is really becoming a very critical issue as to whether nations are going to look inward. you can look inward, but you are still going to have the refugees. refugees are in danger of their life. and that's the reason they become refugees. it is not safe to be in syria today. that's why people are leaving syria and risking things like traveling over dangerous waters and dangerous borders and hostile communities. they do that because they have no choice. by the millions. with the civil war continuing in syria, those numbers are going to continue. the impact on europe has been dramatic. i understand that. the impact on the united states has been minuscule, if at all. so, yes, as i said earlier, the united states is the leader of the free world. we believe in human rights. we believe that people should be able to live and raise their family without fear of their children being kidnapped as soldiers or killed. that women have the right t

resolution and the question was, what would the united states do. d that discussion probably did take place, but the notion that the closest ally of the united states in the middle east is going to accuse this administration, which just signed a$38 billion aid package of colluding against their interests, it's a lack of gratitude for what has been done to support israel's security in the last eight years. >> jeremy, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, president obama at pearl harbor today. not caused by a heart valve problem. but no matter what path i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding

tonight a conversation about the united states and china. and the phone call between president-elect donald trump and the leader of tie want. we talk to ian bremmer and richard haass. >> the entire world, the beginning question of every meeting hi in china is what is the new administration going to do everyone is trying to read our tea leaves, they are as confused as we american are to what to expect. the secretary thing the chinese said they want a good relationship with the united states. they want they want a stable region and world so they can continue to grow economically. they're not looking for fights. they would like to work things out with this administration obviously on terms that they find acceptable. >> rose: and we talk about the italian referendum and the rise of pop lism in europe with ivo daalder. >> what matter is people want to say enough is enough. this is not working. we don't like anybody, frankly, who is in power. and they will vote against anybody who is in power. so when the populists get in there in a year or two, th

this puts the united states in a very strange position. and now we are going to see if america has leadership, especially the republican party of the united states, whether its congressman and foreign policy leaders outside the united states will stand up and try to correct trump in what looks like are going to be bizarre policy decisions on his part. >>ities let's circle back to sanctions in the time question for you in this segment. these sanctions, do they really work? because we saw the united states level sanctions against russia before. crimea was annexed. did sanctions matter then? will they matter now? is it an effective tool? >> sanctions are a partially effective tool. they do bite. the sanctions on russia applied after the inkurgs into east ukraine and after the annexation of crimea have induced some pain. of course the russians aren't going to withdraw from crimea in response to this. the same thing will high pressure here. they are not going to stop their cyber attacks because of this. but obama is doing this hoping it will aff

in 1976, the trade between china was lessnited states than the trade between the united states and honduras. so one has to see this within the context of the rapidly expanding, almost exploding thereic relationship and is room for improvement but it was a good thing. back to thatcome in a moment but i think because we're sitting at one world trade , the epicenter of the 9/11 tragedy come i think we're actually today celebrating the rebirth of this area. i mean, that we can come here and hold this event i think is really terrific. what is the role of fighting terrorism in the u.s.-china relationship. what is it and what should it be. are albright: i think we clearly threatened by terrorism in a number of different ways and we have similar issues in terms of those who feel there is something about what we are doing is wrong. what i think the role is, frankly is to share information. the question is that we have more and more today, what is information and how is it gathered questions. i think we could cooperate. while we don't think of you see as much as terrorism, there has .een cooperation

and it was the united states that opened up the path to japan to return to the international community once more after the war. under the leadership of the united states, japan as a member of the free world, was able to enjoy peace and prosperity. the goodwill and assistance that you extended to us japanese, the enemy you had fought so fiercely, together with a tremendous spirit of tolerance, were etched deeply into the hearts and minds of our grandfathers and mothers. we also remember them, our children and grandchildren will will also continue to pass these memories down and never forget what you did for us. the words passed through my mind. those words inscribed on the wall at the memorial in washington, d.c., where i visited with president obama. with malice toward none, with charity for all, let us strive on to do all which may achieve and cherish a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. these are the words of president abraham lincoln. on behalf of the japanese people, i hereby wish to express once again my heartfelt gratitude to the united states and to the world fo

this tends to get lost in the discussion in the united states. but, for example, if you are a young person coming into the job spain or italy or sometimes even in france or be any, you're likely to offered temporary job, you're ot likely to be offered a career. ou may be in the temporary job for a good while. you may have to change temporary jobs. those temporary jobs tend to have fairly poor pay, they tend to have fairly poor benefits, so the regular job in economy, if i can use that word, become employee of a big company in europe, you're doing pretty well. if you're doing one of the jobs, mini-job as they call them in some countries, very well.doing you are struggling and have no security at all. praise what isto go og in europe, but to point ut europeans are dealing with many same underlying economic with.s we're dealing how do you stimulate the economy at a time of slow growth? things like basically reducing wages, which is what happens when you make go into temporary kinds of jobs. you weaken the safety net in various ways. we're seeing numb

on december 11, hillard declared war on the united states. the following day congress , declared war on germany and italy. 75 years later, it is difficult to appreciate the gravity of what had just occurred. the attack on pearl harbor thrust united states into a struggle that would end our data with either end in our victory or conquest. the struggle for the lives of the american people and their descendents, born and unborn, with live with dignity, liberty, and rule of law or under the forces of tyranny, oppression, and genocide. states,these tremendous the decision by japan, germany, and italy to go to war with the united states reflected a fundamental misunderstanding of the american character. at the most basic level our enemies underestimated the blooded and sorely tested commitment to freedom that forms our union. understanding this and knowing that no totalitarian state can match the spirit and the human that theenergy patriotic republic had released. fdr never wavered in his confidence the united states would prevail. in the aftermath

donald ritter was a corporal in the united states army. his unit was responsible for monitoring and providing security for railroads around western europe. colonel james -- a private the army as in 1940 two and retired as a colonel in 1972. he participated as the leader of an infantry platoon. as the intelligence officer -- mr. sanford served in the united states army during world war ii and was signed as a quartermaster specialist. the united states army air corps after graduating from high school in 1942. assigned to the 51st fighter squadron of the 10th air force. and our last veteran today was drafted into the army in 1941. he served as the first wave of troops to hit on d-day. there was a sharpshooter firing down. firing of the men was so severe, later he was found -- that metalwearing for the last 70 years. it is time to introduce the master of ceremonies. the weekday morning news anchor. throughsee him monday friday on wake up washington. a local emmy nomination for primetime special. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen. sot a beaut

and, so it is in the united states. bings by assailants unknown plagued the lives and property of the negro people and served to intimidate those who might speak out against the conspirators. the bombing of this birmingham, alabama church claimed the lives of four little girls attending sunday school. the memorial service was held in washington d.c. for the four young victims after which the mourners demonstrated their grief before the white house and the press. >> we were taught to use propaganda, to arouse the emotion of the masses. to put one group against the other to make them hate each other. we were even told how to create our own marches. people,: divide the then create the appearance of popular support, and if any of the alert, informed citizens call attention to the true revolutionary goals behind the humanitarian slogans, move into phase three and neutralize the opposition. one effective way to neutralize any opposition is to liquidate it. in the summer of 1965, a respected negro farmer in alabama dare to spea

the president of the united states, the new president of the united states tweets. that's what everybody in america does around the world. it's a new technology. we're probably going to have some adjustments to make over this, but he's setting a precedent that other presidents are going to use in their own fashion. >> i hope not. we have a president of the united states now through twitter who has access directly, unmitigated access to 20 million people, and i hope this doesn't set a precedent for presidents of the united states using their power and direct access unmediated without any criticisms or any media between that president and everybody else to single out individuals for criticism and blame. that is dangerous, folks. >> mr. secretary, with all due respect, franklin roosevelt used the radio to get around publi publishe publishers. >> he did not criticize individuals joe mccarthy in the 1950s, the senator, he went after individuals. he was not president. he did have a lot of power, and you know what the to those individuals? they lost their jobs. they lost a

president who did not want the united states to remain strong. an, that's a fairly consistent policy from one administration to the next, tos sure. the question is, is he changing nuclear policy? is he calling on the united states to expand the number of nuclear weapons? that is unclear. we don't think so. at least his aides tell us that is not what he was saying. he was talking perhaps about strengthening the force, modernizing the force, but bob kuzak, this gets to the point of the limitations of twitter? where donald trump started this. right? where he started this conversation about nuclear weapons and left it open to interpretation and explanation from all of his aides. >> yes. i think that he's going to be continuing to use twitter, because he's gone after the media and blamed the media for not getting his message out. it does, there's only so much you can do in 140 characters on twitter. an interesting question you ask, john, about what his policy is, because he mentions this issue about an arms race and obviously since the cold war we've b

this is the united states obstaining from the voting process. are some complicated things that emerges. it is also trying to balance out this pro-israel stance that the united states has been in for a long time and start to think of the human right issues and perpetrated by the israelis government. and a very nuance position for the united states to take by making -- >> doing one thing and say another. >> and from the beginning reaction quickly from senior u.s. elected officials, tom cotton, has come in with this comment from arkansas. he said president obama is personal responsible for this anti-israel resolution. his diplomat coordinate the vote, yet, he does not have the courage of his own conviction to vote for it. this cowardly disgraceful action. it is the most anti-israel president. she was clearly outlining the reasons which that. it is something that republicans want to label president obama wi with. it is just apparently not true. >> there is more aids under president obama than any other presidents. he stood up for is - israel when it

this would mean the united states is not only against palestinians, that it would mean the united states and its embassy in tel aviv or in jerusalem, h -- [indiscernible] this is a very dangerous move. it is irresponsible. it would mean the united states is for the decision -- opposed to the international court of justice. it says that annexation is illegal. and all of these actions by -- international law. amy: i want to turn to some comments, david friedman has made, about jewish groups in the united states. he has frequently attacked groups are, including the advocacy group j street, .omparing them to kapos in a piece published in june, he said j street supporters were actually worse, writing -- "the kapos faced extraordinary cruelty and who knows what any of us would have done under those circumstances to save a loved one? but j street? they are just smug advocates of israel's destruction delivered from the comfort of their secure american sofas -- it's hard to imagine anyone worse." on friday, j street president jeremy ben ami appeared on msnbc . what's it is dangerous and reckless

you're the president-elect of the united states, you're soon to be the president of the united states. a lot of people will try to call you. it doesn't mean you have to be home. just before showtime we got another tweet from the president-elect. interesting how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment, but i should not accept a congratulatory call. if by interesting you mean you're interested in this as a topic, does that mean you're interested in learning more about this as a topic. do you want to know why it is that the united states can sell military equipment to taiwan, but there isn't diplomatic contact between high level u.s. officials and the government of taiwan as if we recognize them diplomatically which we no longer do. when you say it's interesting, are you interested in that? are you just intrigued by that, but you're not curious as to why that is? or are you actually interested. if you're interested, there are people who can help you understand this. tonight we got reaction to today's massive shift in american foreign poll soy, from one of the risi

that happens in the united states. not ireland. this ruling has a number of potentially significant practical implications for the u.s. ability to access data lawfully, even when the targets u.s. face a u.s. citizen and the government has probable cause to access that data because of where it's helped his happens for at least three reasons. first, the slowness of a mutual legal assistance process that can be too long to be useful. second, the united states only has mutual legal assistance treaties with about a third of the worlds countries. it may not have a workable means of accessing data, third not all companies are structured like microsoft which has a relatively location driven approach to outlet stores and accesses data. help is like google and facebook for example, constantly moving data around in ways that can make sometimes hard to even ascertain what particular data is located at the particular moment a warrant is served. but more important to a company like google, for example, i structured its operations so that if the d

it was the united states who opened up the path for japan to return to the international community once more after the war. under the leadership of the united states, japan as a member of the free world was able to enjoy peace and prosperity. the goodwill and the assistance that you sent to the japanese, the enemy you had fought so fiercely, together with the tremendous spirit of tolerance were etched deeply into the hearts and the minds of our grandfathers and mothers. we also remember them, our , willen and grandchildren continue to pass these memories down and never forget what you did for us. the words pass through my mind, those words inscribed in the wall in the memorial in washington, d.c., where i visited with president obama. with malice toward none, with charity toward all, let us strive on to do all to achieve and cherish a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. these are the words of president abraham lincoln. on behalf of the japanese people, i hereby wish to express once again my heartfelt gratitude towards the united states and to the world for the tolerance

president of the united states. i invite all electors to come forward and sign the certificates. the sergeant-at-arms will begin releasing the electors one by one. we'll ask you to come forward and sign six times and the sergeants will come get you, put your signatures down. [applause] [no audio] gov. snyder: thank you, electors, i appreciate your patience. i believe we completed the process. the 2016 electoral college will send one certificate by registered mail to the president of the united states senate and one to chief judge robert yonker of the united states district court for the western district of michigan. two certificates will be delivered to the michigan secretary of state and two certificates will be delivered to the archivist of the united states, national archives and records administration in washington, d.c. i now invite all electors to come forward and sign the envelopes. the sergeant-at-arms will begin by releasing electors one at a time. now that you've signed those six, we have to put them in the

states senate, the secretary of state of the state of new york, the new york state board of elections, the chief judge of the united states district court for the northern district of new york, the national archives, and the records administrator and the rare book and manuscript library of columbia university. mr. cuomo: i think you got it all in. thank you very much. thank you. the chair recognizes the honorable tom denapoly of nassau county. >> thank you, mr. president. i second the motion that the certificates be filed in the manner so well described. [laughter] thank you very much, mr. controller. it has been moved and seconded that we file the certificates in the manner described. all those in favor signify by saying 'aye.' >> thank you. -- the new york immigration coalition. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you mr. speaker, the chair recognizes these maker from rockland county. >> i second the motion they they elector for another compensation and have the money go to an organization which is this the brave women and children wishing to make the united states their home. the new york immigration coa

we have two of the most outspoken escapees living in the united states. the topic ofember the second study released today based on the lives and struggles of north korean escapees living in the united states. one way we can demonstrate a commitment to human rights in north korea is to support those who escaped it. many of them hope to return someday to a free and united korea. , grace escaped from north korea after the great famine in which her family suffered unspeakable horrors. grace was expatriated twice but pursued her freedom with tenacity and courage. .ow she has built a life her sister is with us in the audience today. joseph was armand and -- orphaned in the great famine and left for himself and escaped to china where he was connected with the christian community and he eventually came to the united states as a refugee. now he is at college finishing eight degree. a remarkable story of success. honor a special envoy for north korean special rights. for three decades he is been a tireless and effective advocate american rights in foreign policy inc

units advanced through some stage of the planning process. that's right -- over 30,000 settlement units advanced, notwithstanding the positions of the united statesnd other countries, and if we had vetoed this resolution just the other day, the united states would have been giving license to further unfettered settlement construction that we fundamentally oppose. we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary, it is not this resolution that is isolating israel. it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. virtually every country in the world other than israel opposes settlements. that includes many of the friends of israel, including the united kingdom, france, russia, all of whom voted in favor of the settlements resolution in 2011 that we vetoed and again this year along with every other member of the council. in fact, this resolution simply reaffirms statements made by the security council on the legality of settlements over several decades. .t does not break new ground in 1978, the state department thel advisor advised congress of his conclusion that the israeli government

and of the united states. tive terms prescribed by the constitution of the united states to begin on the 20th day of january 82,017. 2017,th of january, a.d, as perform such duties follow-up on them under the constitution and laws of the united states. signed, tom will, governor. -- signed, tom wolfe, governor. >> thank you. a certificate of ascertainment will be printed in full under -- in full under the journal of the proceedings of the electoral college. secretary speaks will call the role of elect doors. as your name is called. please rise in your place and answer, present. >> honorable robert asher. honorable mary barket. honorable robert bozzuto. honorable theodore christian. honorable michael downing. honorable margaret ferrero. honorable christopher gleason. honorable robert gleason. honorable joyce haas. honorable ash khare. honorable james mac really. honorable elstina pickett. honorable patricia popper. honorable andrew riley. honorable carol sides. honorable gloria lee over --gloria "lee" snover. ho

united states really has military support. he has the boteri force to defeat north korea but their reasons for united states does not bring its military forces there. but it does lead to frustration on the part of all the people. we have this great oteri power and we spend millions of dollars every year. we need more generals like macarthur and it's natural except when trump says and when trump says when he went on to say and he would have his generals giving interviews that's when i say he does not know macarthur because macarthur gave interview after interview after interview. that's the reason he got fired by harry truman. actually there are sometimes the depression surrounds truman's decision and it wasn't as though truman, i mean truman did have a a -- there's no question about that but he didn't fire macarthur because he was mad at macarthur. he didn't fire macarthur for insubordination because he technically didn't violate anything. he fired macarthur because macarthur was deliberately creating confusion as to what american policy

is it our place in the united states to tell israel and the palestinians what to do? >> you know, years ago i was invited to china. and i went to beijing. the chinese don't always vote with us at the united nations. but i asked them, how would you feel if people were dictating to you where the border should be in the south china see? how would you feel if the united nations adopted resolutions saying your borders should be here, not there? of course they all said, never, we would never agree to that. i said, then why do you support these palestinian resolutions at the united nations? only israel can decide how its security will be planned, implemented, and above all, safe guarded. unfortunately secretary kerry's speech veered away from that principle, trying to reintroduce the '67 lines. more than 80% of the israeli public oppose the line that secretary kerry put forward today. >> all right, sir, we're going to have to leave it there, dr. dorie gold, thank you so much for joining us with your reaction to secretary of state john kerry's impassioned speech today, it seem

these are similar trends to the united states. i think, on balance western , europe still has better social safety net than the united states has, but the same issues that we have in terms of sustaining the social safety net are evident in europe. host: 15 minutes left with marc levinson, talking about his "an extraordinary time: the end of the post-war boom and return of the ordinary economy." bob in kingwood, texas, a republican, go ahead, bob. caller: yeah, mr. levinson, i want to get your comment on i think you had mentioned unemployment was down. president obama did take advantage of that in his last press conference, but he said that unemployment was down. in fact, jobs are part-time jobs, are they not? and a lot of people who are working are not working very much and their pay is low, that is the first thing. the second thing is, with low interest rates, with zero interest in the interest rates, isn't that a false impression of what our gdp is? i mean for the last eight years, , we've had a low to no interest rate and the ec

hammond worked as the united states national postal museum in washington, d.c. for 35 years. ladies and gentlemen, mr. garnett h. hammond. second is mrs. burt bresher, serving with a woman accepted for volunteer emergency service, the waves, a unit of the united states naval reserve, mrs. dresser was stationed as pontiff point in rhode island from 1943-1946 working in the war bound office. ladies and gentlemen, mrs. burt dresser. the next is chief master sergeant timmons. he was in the united states army during world war ii and was a prisoner of war. during his 18 months in captivity, he escaped three times from the germans and once from the russian liberators before returning to american care. after the war, he tried to join the army again to go back to germany to find the nurse who kept him alive by sneaking him food. unfortunately, he wasn't allowed to go while in the army due to the agreement with the germans which did not allow prisoners of war to return to germany, so he joined the newest branch of the military, the united states air force. after joining the air force, h

and of the united states. where the respective terms prescribed by the constitution of the united states to begin on 82,017. day of january and to perform such other duties theiebold upon them under constitution and laws of the united states. signed, tom wolfe, governor. >> thank you. a certificate of ascertainment will be printed in full under the journal of the proceedings of the electoral college. will call theks role of elect doors. as your name is called. please rise in your place and answer, present. >> honorable robert asher. honorable mary brockett. honorable robert ozuna. honorable theodore christian. honorable michael downing. honorable margaret ferrero. honorable christopher gleeson. honorable robert gleason. honorable joyce costs. honorable ash car. honorable james macri lane. honorable alvina pickett. honorable patricia pocket. honorable andrew riley. honorable carol sides. over.ble gill really slow honorable richard stewart. honorable lawrence davis. honorable christine perretti. honorable carolyn

most refugees today -- when syrian refugees come to the united states, they qualify for the same assistance that other refugees receive. they're entitled to eight months of intensive assistance from the federal government. the federal government works with relief agencies across the united states. like catholic charities the lutheran relief services. and they help place refugees around the country. at the local level, communities help become established. you will be fully integrated into u.s. society. >> you mention how the quota has never been filled before, now that the obama administration is increasing it to 100,000. do you think it will still go unfilled. if i thought the quota once it's increase increased whether that quota will be filled. if past history is any indication, given how long it takes to vet a refugee for security reasons. it's highly doubtful we will reach that 100,000 quota. thank you. >> do you think we'll exceed the usual 70,000? >> yes. kristen asked whether we will exceed the 70 to 80,000. yes, i think we will. we'll probably -- if i had to guess, it will be somewhe

the report card for the united states was less than stellar. t of 72 countries and territories in the study, 38 ranked above the united states in math, 24 outranked america in science, and 22 in reading. why? and what can we learn from the top-ranked nations? here to discuss are wendy cop, she now runs a global version of teach for all. and andria slicker is the director of education and skills at the organization that puts out these pisa rankings. ton just understand you know, the united states is really extraordinarily does extraordinarily poorly here. particularly how rich it is and that it spends an enormous amount on education. i want you to talk a little bit about what i thought was one of the most surprising countries which is vietnam. poor country developing country. and yet, massively outperforms the united states. why? >> you know, the world is no longer divided between rich and well-educated nations and poor and badly educated ones. if you look at vietnam, parts of china, singapore and many parts of asia, they have made education a pr

thathappens in the united states , not ireland. this also has a number of potentially political implications for the us ability to data's access data lawfully even when the targets is a us citizen and thegovernment has probable cause . this happens for at least three reasons, first the slowness of the legal assistance process can be too long to be useful. second, the united states only has legal assistance treaties for about a third of the world's countries. it may not have a workable means of accessing government together and third, not all companies are structured like microsoft which has a relatively location driven approach to how it accesses data. companies like google and facebook are constantly moving data around and make it sometimes hard to ascertain where particular data is located at the particular moment a warrant was served or importantly, a company like google or example has trusted its operations so that it's data can only be accessed by law enforcement teams in the united states. let's assume the united states govern

the first united nations war. immediately after the war starts, couple days after the war starts, the united states -- united nations security council meets, votes to help the republic of korea. and asks it's members to contribute forces under the overall command of the american officer. u.s. president harry trueman designates doug last mcarthur has that officer and created u.n. commands. and on july 14, 1950, mcarthur raises the u.n. flag, similar to this, a larger version. atop his headquarters building at the dye yaiichi building. this is the first u.n. war, first u.n. mission for the security council and makes it something of a water shed. by the time the korean war is over in 1953 or the korean war is signed in 1953. the united states, australia, new zealand, the netherlands, greece, belgium, the philippines for the first time as an independent nation. thailand, colombia, south africa, luxe umberg, india, norway, and combat unites or medical unites to the united nations command. today, south korea if you count the nations that rebuild it and south korea holds the record for number of nations that have helmed bo

there was no german saboteurs or spies operating in the united states. that meant that the nazis had to send saboteurs. there were two u-boats that were sent to the united states in 1942. one landed in long island and one down in jacksonville, florida. they were quickly discovered. all of the saboteurs were quickly arrested. as i noted, i think six of the eight were executed. the two who weren't were the cooperating witnesses. george dash who is one of them is noted in his memoir that one of his missions was -- one of their missions, the saboteur's missions was to get siebold. >> another question to your right. >> yes. i have a question. did you get ahold of any of the german records from their side on this case? >> yes. point being is that particularly herman lang was very important in providing intelligence and improving how we could from our 4-v(ájtlying bombers, our medium and with the bomb site that was individually used by the invasion of the soviet unionincorporated intelligence that was gleaned from it. that was one aspect of it. it was -- they we

prior to 9/11, a few hundred of these child soldiers, succeeded in garnering asylum in the united states been denied entrance to the united states. because anti-terrorists legislation passed in the wake of 9/11 bars the entrance of those who have offered support to a known terrorist organization. and many of the armies that con script them against their will are on the terrorist watch list. >> here's challenge number two for policy makers. is there a better way to assist victims of trafficking. some 780,000 people are trafficked each year for labor or sex. even our own little town of ithaca new york has seen victims of trafficking. in order to receive protection from the united states under the trafficking victims protection act, one must be willing to assist law enforcement, which many are not willing to do, because it would place their families and villages at risk of retaliation from international 2r56king cindy cats. victims are faced with two equally difficult options, in order to receive protection from the united states. you have to be willing to testify against your abusers. but

as provided under the constitution of the united states, the laws of the united states, and the laws of the great state of michigan, the 2016 meeting of the electoral college is now convened and will come to order. please rise for the pledge of allegiance, led by the state representative, tom barrett. >> thank you. -- edge allegiance >> to the flag of the united states of america, and to the flight for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, governor. >> if you would remain standing, thank you, tom -- at this point, i will invite another to come forward to sing the national anthem. >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [ap

and the united states of america was left standing on the sideline because what's the united states of america going to do in this instance? i mean, they were up against the death star. steve caul points out in his book "private empire" that the total of u.s. aid in chad, the total of american aid that we spend in that country, foreign aid and military aid, the total less than $20 million, while exxon is paying them more than $500 million a year in oil revenue. so, yeah, guess who gets to make the deal in that country? and there are humanitarian concerns there. there's an opportunity there to help one of the tepoort nations on earth ione of the most volatile and dangerous reasons on earth. screw that, are you kidding? move over, bacon, now there's something meatier. and that whole exxon move, that happened in 2006, right after this guy took over as the head of exxon. this deal in chad, screw the u.s. government, screw what the united states of america is is trying to accomplish in that part of africa, in that critical part of the world. chad borders libya and nigeria and sudan. right?

but churchill in this passage render the united states as a plural noun. that was the first thing that it quickened my attention. a sibylfull sentence, declared of sentence. august 16, 1945, winston churchill says "at this moment, the united states stand at the summit of the world." august 16, 1945. winston churchill "at this moment the united states stand at the summit of the world." the applications of that is what i went to do -- would like to develop with you this afternoon, and i would like to call your attention, if i can school your memories, your store: recollection back to 1940, the last full peacetime year for the united states in world war ii. and just ponder for a minute how improbable that statement made in 1945. the united states stand in this moment at the summit of the world at how improbable it would have been to say something like that in 1940. 1940 was the 11th year of the great depression. one hoover administration and two roosevelt administrations had failed to find a proper exit from that great economic crisis. 1940 unemployment was st