the infrastructure and -- opportunities. it will likely be canada. there may be some from the united statesk to canada but mostly it is from canada back to the united states. it is not going to be easy because it is not automatic for some of these. what is renewable, what is not. the power plants, there is an opportunity there. i want to talk about having that conversation which is really about expanding that clean energy portfolio. we're going to have difficult conversations of a fossil fuel but they do not have to be wrapped up together. >> so they consider hydro power renewable? >> it is generally considered renewable. >> i know, but sometimes we have some saying that hydro is not renewable, that only wind and solar is renewable. [laughter] [inaudible] >> let's talk about the vision thing. we may not all except that there are more irritants the end of what we have seen in the past. i would argue there seems to be a consensus that times are tough between the two countries. what is being lost the cousin of that? so much focus is on keystone what has been planted to the side. i know you hav

over the next 90 minutes we will drill down on the state of the relationship between canada and unitedill look at the troublespots, the bright spots and also look at the road ahead. we will take some questions from the audience as well i hope it was when you can join the conversation on social media and the hashtag cpac townhall. with me our bill owens senior strategic advisor. he stepped down in november as a democratic representative for new york's 21st congressional district, innocently that runs right up to the canadian voter so is very familiar with the issues. ryan bernstein is the chief of staff republican senator john hoeven of the dakota. the sender was to be with us this evening. welcome to we hope this interesting bit of the gary doer is candidate than in washington. is been ambassador to the united states since 2009, former premier of the province of manitoba. danielle drudge -- danielle droitsch is a director from natural resources defense council. and with us as always our paul wells political editor for maclean's and luiza savage washington bureau chief for maclean's alt

it's not as a people are getting ready. >> of thing i don't understand though in the united states of canada and united states agree to the same climate targets and because the united states realize so much on coal energy and is able to shift from matt to natural gas variable to get to their targets more cheaply than canada can. they are in fact given the presence plan on climate getting there in the projections are they will get there. canada will get halfway from what i understand and part of the reason is because of the oil sands. there aren't oil sands in the united states so what is it that we are waiting for the u.s. to do before we can do something with oilsands? >> we have gas in d.c., we have gas in pennsylvania and we have gas in ohio. we have vehicles being constructed in ontario and we have vehicles constructed in michigan. the way we handle the vehicle issue is to have one table and one set of regulations that were aligned across the border so they would be no economic advantage for not doing something but rather it would be equal in terms of the economy and better for the envir

states. we are worried about possibly the frosty relationship that the united states has with canada based on the keystone pipeline which could jeopardize the economic relationship. i think unfortunately what we have gone through in the united states has affected the relationship. we don't want it to but long-term we need to work to put things back together and make things right. >> let's get your view. >> i don't think america has any better friend than canada. $2 $2 billion in economic growth between the two countries everyday, a shared border an extremely long history of working together, fighting together working together on a number of issues for decades. friends need to be able to talk about issues and need to be able to discuss what really matters. one thing we have got to think about is last year was the hottest year on record. sixteen of the last hottest years on record happened since 1997. we are now confronting climate change, dealing with blistering drought, rising seas, floods just a tremendous impact that we are experiencing and the reason we are experiencing a globally is becau

that is the one thing unfortunate about this we look at canada as something they're trying to do for themselves and not looking how we can do it together and how it will benefit from the united states look how the world can be viewed through the eyes of the united states and canada working together? we could be north american energy secure, soon. that would change the world dynamics much much more than just energy. it would be how we play around the world. >> can ask anybody who want as question, this would be time to make your way to the microphones. we'll get to you in a couple seconds. go ahead, congressman. >> i think when you talk about understanding what we have the nafta countries represent 25% of the world's gdp. that is a very significant and important fact. we have lost the opportunity to push forward or push ahead with beyond the border. it has lost some of its steam. the regulatory cooperation council may actually be more important than the beyond border program, because that would reduce the cost to companies on both sides of the border. get, if you will, standards aligned. those are things that we have lost focus on because we have become focused on this issue. and it

is included in this trans-pacific partnership, countries as big as japan and the united states and economies as big as canada's and mexico's. this will affect the entire economy, it causes ripple effect for decades, we know what nafta did that was only three countries, the united states canada and mexico. this is four times that many countries. they should be debated in a transparent process the public should know, senators should know members of congress should know, we don't know enough. yet they're going to push the finance committee is fairly soon we figure going to push this trade agreement out the fast track and out on the senate floor when we don't have access to information. let me give you an example. last year the u.s. trade rep developed a proposal on something called the rules of origin for automobiles. that really matters in my state, matters in senator casey's states because they are such a major part of the steel and other things, supply chain for autos. i've been trying to work with the ustr to better understand this proposal since last october, i've personally spoke again last week with ambass

adaptation of the items i now call the public hearing to a tentative agreement to the united presence of the united states and canada local 38 unit union of allied workers and shop hands local 66 and national local one hundred four and 377 and the earth metal and glass workers local 17 and teamsters local 153 and local 776 and machinist the common craft may i have have month to month. >> mr. superintendant can i ask the director to please present and commend him on the color choices of his tie (laughter). >> thank you. superintendent board are the requested action the board of education of the san francisco unified school district be public hearing and adopt the agreement and the related disclosures documents thank you there are no public speakers ohoh - i'm sorry you have had to submit a card in order to speak pubically on the item comments from the board commissioner wynns. >> i want to inform everyone that i'll be abstaining with the conflict of interest my husband is a member of the local 377 and want the members of the board to know that. >> thank you commissioner wynns if there are no further comments roll cal

let's get your view on the state of the relationship. >> we think it is a good relationship from canada. we see it firsthand. the local people and people between canada and the unitedtates. they get along very well. we are worried about possibly the frosty relationship that the united states has with canada based on the keystone pipeline . we think this could jeopardize the economic relationship. we know canada has other options for economic vitality. i think unfortunately what we have gone through in the united states has affected the relationship. we don't want it to, but long-term we need to work to put things back together and make things right. >> let's get your view. >> i don't think america has any better friend than canada. we have lots of trade. $2 billion in economic growth between the two countries everyday, a shared border, an extremely long history of working together, fighting together, working together on a number of issues for decades. friends need to be able to talk about issues and need to be able to discuss what really matters. one thing we have got to think about is, last year was the hottest year on record. sixteen of the last hottest years on

there's a lot of things that canada and the us are the united states are looking at and will place as requirements. at the end of the day i'm sure the united states and canada will deploy resources and have them on standby and those are resources that might otherwise be used for other things. if you are going to do some new task you have to pull them off other tasks. you might have to send ships up there that would be down interdicting drugs and illegal migrants and send them up there to make sure that you can provide for the safety of those 2,000 people that are transiting the northwest passage. >> identity like you all to join me in thanking the admiral for a very interesting presentation. [applause] [inaudible conversations] courtesy. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas mr >> >> to the coup will be joined from the senator from south dakota. i just want to put up a quote from one of the leaders of the anti-trafficking movement the coalition against trafficking and of women to express my sentiments exactly and frustration over a partisan filibuster

we gathered 120,000 people in the united states, canada united kingdom the work and classified settings around the clock to develop a bomb before the germans couldn't. kind of the military aspect of that aside, the take away point is that the big difference between those people the face an existential threat from a nuclear blast and existential threat that we faced from the mass manipulation of technology is that they were serious about the threat before them and we are not. the president is not an the congress is not. i think it's a fundamental misunderstanding of the technology. if you look at the congress of the united states is a where between nine and 13% approval look at the most common profession, its lawyers. was respected lawyers in the audience, i took classes at harvard law school are not anti-lawyer but if you look at the chinese ruling party, the economy is committed there the 10 members all 10 have ph.d's in electrical engineering, some sort of advanced science. so fundamentally they understand science. i think the lack of student letters on the part of our national leader

at designing ports of entry particularly with mexico and canada, how can this be done in an efficient way. the northern border and united states and canada just signed a historic preclearance agreement in the beyond the borders action plan. that covers all modes of transportation between the u.s. and canada. land, rail, marine, and air. immigration, customs agriculture spppingses required for entry into either country will be handled on foreign soil. it will reduce congestion, delays and increase efficiency and predictability. the next step required is to implement the new agreement for the united states and canada to enact legislation. that legislation was introduced during the last congress and i'm hopeful it will be introduced and you will support its pass a bass passage in this congress. let me mention the change that is going to occur. and change is a lot like heaven. everyone wants to get there, but no one wants to die. [laughter] commissioner: pretty interesting statement. what is clear for me in preparing for the future is we need to reflect the realities of your business and the world that you exist in. the constant e

there's a lot of things that canada and the us are the united states are looking at and will place as requirements. at the end of the day i'm sure the united states and canada will deploy resources and have them on standby and those are resources that might otherwise be used for other things. if you are going to do some new task you have to pull them off other tasks. you might have to send ships up there that would be down interdicting drugs and illegal migrants and send them up there to make sure that you can provide for the safety of those 2,000 people that are transiting the northwest passage. >> identity like you all to join me in thanking the admiral for a very interesting presentation. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we'll have more road to the white house. rand paul will be talking about overhauling the criminal justice statement. -- estimate. we'll have live coverage at 1:00 eastern on c-span. later in the evening, former florida governor jeb bush will be in dover, new hampshire, at the home of the former state republican chairman. >> a number

there's 50,000 pilots in the united states and canada. and i have to say, the vast majority of them are functioning at a very, very high level. i want our viewers to know we're talking depression today, we're talking depression in pilots, there's problems with some pilots even with substance abuse. there are issues to talk about but the vast majority are doing thousands of hours a day safely. now, for physicians to screen and find depression, we're talking about 3,000 faa sanctioned doctors who do, as david mentioned, twice a year in pilots over 40, they are looking for general things. you know, is their appearance difference, do they community as well, are they sad? a lot of people in high-functioning jobs may not admit it. now, david has a related career. he's a top-level surgeon and has many, many years of training with people observing him actually, not under scrutiny but they can see the level of function that goes on. >> but dr. marc, i want you guys to bring the conversation back to the people at home. we understand this pilot was s

the students attend jesuit high schools throughout the united states, canada and puerto rico. while staying here st. joe's will attend mass and workshops as well as be a mile from the ben franklin parkway to hear the pope speak. the school said the personal invitation was to the pope to come here to pay a personal visit and to meet students across the country coming here to listen to him speak. katy zachry "nbc 10 news." >>> skyforce 10 is over a crash on the lehigh county and berks county line. this is the fatal crash we have been watching on interstate 78 eastbound at exit 40 with a fedex truck overturned on its side. there was also a car involved in this. the eastbound lanes are still shut down and we are seeing delays on the schuylkill expressway eastbound as well due to an earlier crash. >>> it will be a nice sunny start. look at the sunshine coming up. we'll see bright sunshine to begin with but it won't be here all day with clouds moving in later this morning. and look what is going on north and west in western pennsylvania. that's rain and snow with a storm system that'

going to impact prices, do you think it is this additional production that we have seen in the united states and canada? do you think saudi arabia and the decision they decide whether to cutn or not? the demand picture. what is the biggest determinent in? >> a combination of all of those. what set this off, last talked back in december, i think i made the observatio observation then that it was supply and demand and year after year, there is another million plus barrels a day coming out of north america. it comes regardless of whether there is a real demand or not. you combine that with a fairly modest demand for the last couple of years due to global economic performance and the two collided and that's what set this off. >> i know it is hard to put your finger on it or predict where prices are going. i know you said volatile. you said we could live with lower prices. you said there is a better shot at prediction than everyone else. your gut? you know better than anybody else. >> i would be incorrect, and second, i don't want to attract attention from a regulator who thinks i'm trying to influence the

is going to impact prices, do you think it's this additional production we've seen in the united states and canada? do you think it's saudi arabia, the decision to cut production or not? the demand picture? what to you is the biggest determinate? >> it is all of those. what set this off when we last talked back in december, i think i made the observation then that it was really fundamental supply demand. it was getting itself out of balance. and the market's realization that that was happening. and year after year, there's another million-plus barrels a day coming out of north america. it just keeps coming, regardless of whether there's a real demand or not. you combine that with what has been a fairly modest demand for the last couple years due to economic performance. the two collided and that's what set this off. >> i know it's hard to put your finger on it or to kind of predict where gases are going. i know you've said volatile. i'd say you have a better shot at a prediction than anybody else. your gut-wrench? you've been doing this a long time. >> i never pick a number. you know me. first, be

if we do not build a pipeline bringing oil to the united states, then canada will build pipelines to the west coast and that oil will go to china by tank or ship, so it will be refined in china. again, we go through all these different discussions, but the reality of it is it will be produced, and we want to have it here in our country or would we rather see it go to china? if it goes to china, not only does that affect the ability to produce oil in our country because we don't have the structure to produce it safely and cost-effectively, but we also continue to import oil from the middle east. i'll just run through a couple more of these charts and bring us up-to-date with where we are. it's not like we don't have pipelines so when the president takes more than six years to make a decision and is having such a hard time with this pipeline, it is not like we don't have a few pipelines in the country. we have millions of miles of pipelines. of course, this will be the latest and status -- and greatest state of the art with many safety features that are required as part of the approval

the west must wake up. >> this is a country of corruption. and i explain to you. corruption exists everywhere, including the states, right? even in scandinavian countries. but this is a problem for the united states, for canada, et cetera. for putin's russian , this is a system, not a problem. we don't have such kind of problem. this is a system. that's what he built. that's why if you are corrupted but you are loyal, and you sell for the kremlin, you are in a safe position. that's it. this is a system. this is a problem, on the other hand, for -- not for putin. for him, he builds a comfortable system. but for russian people. russian people are troubled. what means corruption? money from the budget disappears. he builds super costs for olympic games. no discussion in the society at all. big differences, much bigger than the states. that's why this is an uncomfortable country for everybody. >> there seems to be little appetite in the west, from western governments seem to have little appetite for criticizing putin or pulling for change. they seem pretty happy with the way things are. to what do you attribute this compliance or complacency? >> that's why americans must be interested in corruption up side ru --

to the united -- from canada through the united states and it is going to a tax-free export zone. so we know what is going to happen. why is that important? it is important because the export young men and women in uniform every single day over to the middle east to protect the ships with oil coming into the united states that we import from kuwait, from saudi arabia from the other countries around the world. so why would be -- why would we be exporting oil out of the united states while we are exporting men and women from out of america to protect oil coming back in from countries in the middle east? that makes no sense. that is what this pipeline is all about. it is about getting some benefits for the united states climate change, big loser. dirtiest oil in the world. the canadian -- they are actually paying the tax in the event that there is an oil spill and they don't have to pay to that fund either that american companies do. and then, there are ads on television saying they will keep the oil in the united states. they bitterly objec

the states right. even in scandinavian countries. but this is a problem for the united states for canada for the united kingdom, et cetera.utin, russia this is a system. this is not a problem. you don't have such kind 0 of problem. this is a system. he built a system to control the country, how it works. for example, i'm putin and you are a governor. if you are corrupted, you are loyal, right? >> right. >> because if you don't you will be in jail. i have special cases for you, and you know about these cases, right? >> right. >> that's why if you build such kind of system that everywhere around have cases, you build very loyal system. >> right. >> that's who what he built. that's why if you are corrupted, but you are loyal and for kremlin, you are in a very safe position. that's it. this is a system. this is a problem on the other hand for -- not for putin. for him he builds very comfortable system but for russian people. russian people are in big trouble because what is corruption, money from the budget di disappear, he builds super olympic games, no discussion in the society at all. big difference between poor and rich m

between the yukon territory and alaska there was a segment that is colored gray because the united states and canada have not been able to agree on a border there and the senator said, you can't tell me that we cannot come to an agreement with canada. yes, that is true, we can't, and it still exists today. we might want to touch on that. i think there's some interesting developments in terms of continental shelf claims we can talk about. it's great to be here at brookings. i feel good because all my basic needs have been taken care of. i was served a hot black -- break fast. i have coffee, they brought to a team to warm me up with challenging questions so i feel ready to go. is a look around the room i'm ament concerned because i see so many faces i've seen in so many other places and you start after a while losing track of who you have spoken to and what sea stories you have told and whatever else. there's one other thing i have to correct. i can't take jason back. i'm no longer the commandant of the coast guard so the current commandant may be concerned about him coming back. you can keep him as f

this for the united states and canada can now enact legislation. that legislation was introduced during the last congress and that hopefully will be introduced and you will support its passage in this congress. let me just mention to foreclose all of it about the future. and the changed that's going to occur. change is a lot like kevin. kind of everyone wants to get there but no one wants to die. [laughter] so we are working hard -- have been. i got that statement from carly fiorini. pretty interesting statement. what's clear to me in preparing for the future is that we need to reflect the realities of your business and the world that you exist in. the constant evolution of the global supply chain, and i recognize that while we as a major efforts already underway, there are some areas that need additional focused and they need more work and they need more work for most. trading force but. over and over again i've never heard any one say that, well, you shouldn't enforcing as spending as much am enforcement but you should do it in a consistent predic

the united states saying this is not supposed to happen according to faa regulations. >> guest: this was a horrific accident and our hearts go out to the families. but everyone should know in the united states and canadauldn't happen. there are two pilots required in the cockpit all of the time. so a flight crew member and a non-flight member, a flight attendant, in the cockpit. and in europe the other european carriers elected to not follow that rule. so today's day and age where the aviation industry is on notice of this for 15 years. we have egypt air silk air, i was here with jet blue with a fears ago. you should always have two people in the cockpit. >> there is still the possibility that 370 was a deliberate act. >> guest: absolutely. i am involved in that still. we represent some of the families. that is a mystery. >> we can leave that one aside but it is as a possibility. let's get back to this one. in the united states if a carrier is flying from or two the united states and one pilot has to use the bathroom someone from the air crew is supposed to go in the cockpit so there is never just one person in there. >> guest: right. and the only exception is when one pilot comes out and they leave t

there is a lot canada and the united states is looking at and will place down as requirements on thesele. but at the end of the day, i am sure the united states and canada will deploy resources and have them on standby. and those are resources that might be used for other things. resources are limited so if you have going to do some new task you will have to pull them off other tasks. you might have to send ships up there that would be stopping drugs and illegal migrants and take them off that duty and make sure you can provide safety for the 2,000 people going through the passage. >> i would like you to join me in thanking andy for the presentation. [applause] >> thank you. >> later a hearing on music and licensing rights. the consumer federation of america hosted an event today. one of the speakers was mark rosekind who talks about the mission's agencies and steps being taken to protect drivers. this is 30

the united states fully embraces it and we will continue it. we thank canada for starting it but there's more to come on that. the next thing that came upmost frequently is are we going to talk to russia? i'll just leave it at that. obvious ly obviously i was sent to moscow. we were talking to russia. country can break consensus and then we don't take on a project. so it's very important to keep russia in the fold not just for the arctic council but for other things going on in the world. the next to the last thing that's repeated frequently is we are excited about united states leadership. and i like that. and i have found that. one of the things that's most gratifying to me as an american is when i've traveled overseas either as the common on the coast guard or in this position it's the respect that the united states gets wherever we go. it's the looking to us for leadership wherever we go. you know i can be at an event here in washington and i'm seeded all the way in the back of the room. if i go to norway or iceland, they give me a seat of honor up front a

canada relations? >> the canadians have been very aggressive coming to washington, making the case for the benefits not only to canada but the united statesthis is a big issue in canada and they are waiting to see how the president response. is it going to be a breach in the relationship, for the moment, it doesn't look like it but this is a sensitive topic in canada. arguably more sensitive than it is the united states. >> we are receiving word the president has signed the bill for full funding of the department of homeland security. >> he signed it on a wednesday. the funding would have ended on friday. this is a victory for the president. weeks ago and months ago, we cap asking republicans are you going to accept a clean bill in the end. they did have to. the politics were playing against republicans and house speaker john boehner, so he threw in the towel yesterday. funding for the homeland security department will continue through the end of september, but this is just a taste of things to come when it comes to the debt ceiling the budget and a whole host of other issues. tough votes still to come for republicans to try to deal with.

the united states to work within the united states. whether it's video systems or tracking systems. an over arching concern someone representing from canada is doing this or it's a representative from the united states. i think that agreement will continue to receive support from industries on both sides of the border as they work with our united states congress and canada's legislature and government to move forward. >> i thank you for meeting with us. i apologize to bring up a subject you already discussed but i was a little late. the question has to do with filing and i should mention in in the industry are very concerned who now enjoy the benefits of filing may lose that benefit because they will eliminate it. i was wondering if you see a solution could be reached that would satisfy national security concerns and at the same time reserve this great benefit for some of the companies that need it and deserve it? >> thanks. you hit me with a question i can't answer. >> i was worried might not have gotten to your level. >> somehow i think it will now. >> what did you say? >> i think it will get to my level now. >> that kind of experience

we had held upon city of americans living in canada and might have urged the province to join our own united states, such as mr. monroe suggesting that -- suggesting to the commissioner at one point that we would advance the idea of canada being next in the united states negotiations for the cessation of hostilities. these matters were not of congress but of national dignity. we had sought to express to the this american independence defect oh. for that reason i believe the war was inevitable and that we have met the goal of establishing our purposes with england and the rest of the arts of europe. it has admittedly become more difficult since last april, when the british were able to bring more forces down upon our nation on those terms. in victory it is new orleans who would indicate that however much more force they would push in our direction, the spirit of the american people would persevere in the end. our there other questions, perhaps? are all here from washington city? i have liked your company and i would hope that we have an opportunity to speak together in private. it may be that in suc

they were very sensitive about the fact that their nationals had been denied entry into the united states, canada, australia on racial grounds. what they wanted written into the league covenant was a phrase that came to be known as the racial equality clause, which said there should be no discrimination on the basis of religion or nationality. wilson ruled it out on a rather feeble technicality. he was afraid of losing votes from the west coast and felt that if he challenged the fears on the west coast, if he did not go along with what the west coast wanted, that is, exclusion of asian immigration, then he would have more trouble getting the league, the treaty through congress. i think he was wrong on this because it served to poison relations in the long term with japan. i think he was also wrong, but it was not him alone. when china came to the peace conference, and china and japan were both allies in the first world war. the chinese said, we would like back what had been german concessions in china. the japanese said, we also have a claim on those because we helped to defeat germany. the allie

they were very sensitive about the fact that their nationals had been denied entry into the united states, canadaaustralia on racial grounds. what they wanted written into the league covenant was a phrase that came to be known as the racial equality clause which said there should be no discrimination on the basis of religion or nationality. wilson ruled it out on a rather feeble technicality. he was afraid of losing votes from the west coast and felt that if he challenged the fears on the west coast, if he did not go along with what the west coast wanted, that is, exclusion of asian immigration, you would have more trouble getting the league, the treaty through congress. i think he was wrong on this because it served to poison relations in the long term with japan. i think he was also wrong, but it was not him alone. when china came to the peace conference, and china and japan were both allies in the first world war. the chinese said, we would like back what had been german concessions in china. the japanese said, we also have a claim on those because we helped to defeat germany. the allies and w

last month posted a video on line calling for attacks against large shopping malls in the united states britain, and canada. >>> security forces in tunisia are hunting for at least two gunmen following a deadly attack targeting tourists in the capital. armed militants started shooting outside the capital in tunis and went inside to continue the massacre. at least 19 people are dead. among them three japanese. nhk has developments. >> reporter: this attack has prompted outrage and promises of retaliation from tongue leaders who say -- tunisian leaders who say they're in a war on terror. the museum was targeted wednesday as dozens of foreign tourist were visiting ancient artifacts. the militants started shooting tourists as they got you off buses outside the museum which is close to the tunisian parliament and ran inside to continue the rampage. people were seen scrambling to safety after security forces arrived. the militants had taken hostages, and witnesses say they were shooting anything that moved. the victims were from a number of countries, japan, as you mentioned, but italy, spain australia, poland,

this is for the united states and canada to now enact legislation. while that legislation was introduced during the last congress, and i am hopeful that it will be introduced and you will support its passage in this congress. let me just mention before i close a little bit about the future. the change that's going to occur. change is a lot like heaven. kind of everyone wants to get there but no one wants to die. so we're working hard. you know who said that? i got that statement from carly fiorina. so pretty interesting statement. well, what's clear to me in preparing for the future is that we need to reflect the realities of your business and the world that you exist in. the constant evolution of the global supply chain. i recognize that while we have some major efforts already under way, there are some areas that need additional focus and they need more work and they need more work from us. trade enforcement. over and over again, i've never heard anyone say that, well, you shouldn't be enforci

the united states fully embraces and it will continue it. we thank canada for starting it, but there's more to come on that. the next thing that came up most frequently, are we going to talk to russia? i'll just leave it at that. obviously -- well obviously i was sent to moscow. we're talking with russia, and it's very important what we do. everything within the arctic council is done by consensus. one country can break consensus and then we don't take on a project. so it's important to keep russia in the fold, not just for the arctic council but for a things going on in the world. the next of the last thing that is repeated frequently is we are excited about united states leadership. and i like that. and i have found that. one thing that is most gratifying to me as an american is when i traveled overseas either as the commandant of the coast guard or in this position, the respect that the united states gets wherever we go. it's the looking to us for leadership wherever we go. i can be at an event here in washington and i'm seat in the back of the room. if

which is a huge loss for us in the united states. in canada, where he is not even from, they've been paying him unusual tribute, they've been drawing on their $5 bills like this. they call it spocking. and the idea is, you draw some spock ears and hair and eyebrows on the guy, whoever that guy is. i'm not sure. spocking, by the way, is not illegal in canada, although it could incur the wrath of kong. someone wrote "live long and prosper" on this. that one's a nice work of art. that's very well done. it's something canadians have been doing for years. i can think of no better way to honor the life and legacy of leonard nimoy than by defacing canadian currency, perfectly logical. are any of you in on tindr? it's a very popular dating app. it's free, but they have a new premium service called tindr plus. it has a rewind feature that lets you undo accidental swipes. if you like somebody you swipe them. and it lets you connect with other people in other cities. in other words, it's a full-fledged prostitution ring. it will cost you $9.99 a month, a

president vladimir putin has been stepping up russia's missile development, and it could hurt the united states and canada'sd north america. that's a warning today from the head of norad. he told lawmakes russia has been work only a new program to deploy long-range cruise missiles 'thousands of miles from war planes and submarines on navy ships. the official says the program is giving russia other military options that stop short of the nuclear threshold and also said russian bombers flew more patrols near the air space of foreign countries last year than at any time since the cold war. tenges have been running high between the kremlin and the west over the deadly crisis in eastern ukraine. meantime, president putin is set to make his first public appearance in more than a week as kremlin officials are trying to shut down the rumors he is bad sick. they say on monday he will meet with a country's president. he last appeared in public last thursday for a meeting if italy's prime minister. analysts say it's rare for him to go even a day without a public event, and he has postponed an upcoming trip and yesterd

region with lower than average temperature, and of course, that was the the eastern half of the united states and canadaected to continue likely resulting in wildfire season, but don't expect a drought on the east coast. noaa predicts flooding in both the central and eastern u.s. thanks to record snow this winter. and that snow, it isn't letting up yet. joining me now is weather channel meteorologist alex wallace. and alex march 20th, i'm going to get snow in d.c. what the heck is going on? >> it's the winter that won't end? even as spring begins. and this is insane. we're already seeing precipitation showing up right now. parts of virginia and the carolinas. the form of rain. that precipitation will be headed north into the colder air, and you'll notice by tonight. places like d.c. baltimore, rain and snow. that continues into tomorrow. north of that, as you get north of the mason dixon line that will be north of new york city. some of it towards the boston area as well. so yeah it's more snow to deal with here. and we could see decent snow accumulations. for most areas, a general three to five inches.

gave an example between the yukon territory and alaska, there is a color gray because the united states and canada have not come to an agreement on the border there. and they said, you can't tell me that we haven't come to an agreement with canada and that's true, we can't. we might want to touch on that because i think there's interesting developments in terms of the continental shelf claims that we can talk about. it's great to be here at brookings. i feel good because all my basic needs have been taken care of. i was served a hot breakfast. i have coffee. they brought in a team over breakfast to warm me up with a lot of challenging questions so i feel ready to go. but as i look around the room i'm also a little concerned because i see so many faces that i've seen in so many other places and you start after a while, losing track of who you have spoken to and what sea stories you've told and whatever else. and there's one other thing i have to correct. i can't take jason back. i'm no longer the commadant of the coast guard. senator drew pierce of alaska, welcome. thanks for being at the hearing l

dollars of foreign off shore business. 30% is in asia and 20% is in the americas outside the united states between canada mexico and latin america. geographically it's a fantastic base of brands that we operate. the businesses we operate. it does expose us to currency and particularly when the dollar has been in such a strong posture over the last four or five months. through march those currency advisory taken on the vast majority of those hits and that very tight window. we have a rebalancing going on and we're managing through that but the underlying business is very strong. >> i mean are you able to hedge? i spoke with some companies, and they say every time it lifts we try to hedge a little bit because i don't know if some of the currencies will come back between now and, say, a we're from now. >> you know jim, i don't think our job is to start riding currencies. you know i've been doing this for ten years, and up until four months ago if we would have been betting along those lines, we would be losing every month as the dollar weakened. we try to take a very balanced approach where we buy goods in

also in canada, blacks could vote, serve on juries, had better economic opportunities than they did even in the northern united statesoffered more to many black people than they could find in the u.s. juan: you mentioned the involvement of free blacks in the movement, but there was also a small but vibrant black press at the time. samuel cornish -- >> new york at the first black newspaper in the country. unfortunately, for historians like me, they went out of existence as of 1841 and then you have about 15 year period in new york with no black president it comes back later in the 1850's. so the information begins to become harder to come by in the mid-1840's and 1850's. it is like a little detective story. you have to pick up pieces from all over the place. the information is there if you look hard enough. amy: and the 150th anniversary of the end of the civil war is coming up. >> in april, right. the meal 150th anniversary begins of reconstruction. i wrote a very long book on reconstruction and i do believe we need to think about it. the issues of reconstruction, citizenship, a voting rights, of terrorism like the k

meanwhile, the cooling trend will also take place for a good portion of the united states. and also into canada as high pressure sweeps down with the northerly winds. and so we're going for the 20s in chicago, up to 4 coming up on tuesday, same taking place for pittsburgh, with single digits coming into the picture. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> okay. that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm miki yamamoto in tokyo. more news will be coming up at the top of the hour. please stay tuned and thank you for watching nhk world. tion from the central left. the army halts operations in tikrit, meanwhile closer to baghdad, fighting intensified around falluja. and cyclone-hit residents of vanuatu --destroyed communication lines. thank you for joining us. i am i'll all. today, israel goes to the