ladies and gentlemen, secretary of labor thomas perez. thank you so much. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you all for coming. we will send you area you a sur the coming days. >>> ahead of tomorrow's veterans day observance, c-span will show you the hiring our heroes conference. speakers include laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez. the former first lady talks about pressures veterans' families face. here's a look at some of what you will see tonight. >> while our service men and women are deployed, their spouses are the ones who take care of the families at home. they care for the children. they manage the finances. and they pray that their husbands and wives will return home safely. master sergeant rocky rodriguez and his wife marlene joined us at our ranch in 2013 and '14 for the bush center's annual warrior 100 bike ride. when marlene talked about rocky's years of service in the air force, she said we, i say we, served 25 years. i lived every deployment with rocky. every trial and tribulation. but the day i said yes to him, i didn't r

laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez and medal of honorñ recipient.you can watch the conference at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> again, we are live at the national press club this morning to hear a discussion on the treatment of prison detainees at guantanamo bay. europe's office for democratic institutions and human rights is holding this news conference to go over a report that has been conducted since 2012. the associated press reports today the senate is expected today to pass a bill that would ban moving guantanamo bay detainees to the u.s. congress has repeatedly tried to stop the president's efforts to close the detention center in cuba and relocate the remaining detainees here in the u.s. there's been debate over whether the president needs permission from congress or he could just issue an executive order. the guantanamo legislation is part of a $607 billion bill which passed the house last week. >>> good morning and i'd like to welcome you all here to this event to present the report on the human rights situation of guantanamo detainees that's

labor secretary thomas perez says employers in many parts of the country are raising wages voluntarilys the job market tightens. >> the cost of attrition, the cost of training someone in a new job is significant. and that's why the employers i talked to who've been raising their wages voluntarily, they understand that it's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, and that high road is indeed the smart road. >> reporter: two soft spots in the labor market -- manufacturing being hurt by the strong dollar and energy still making cuts in drilling and exploration due to lower oil prices. for "nightly business report" i'm hampton pearson in washington. >>> well, let's turn now to two of our guests tonight who have opposing views on what today's jobs data mean for a rate hike next month at the federal reserve meeting. bricklin dwyer is senior economist at bnp paribas. he says the likelihood of a december rate hike has gone up now. josh bivens, economist and policy director at the economic policy institute, says not so fast. bricklin, make the case. you agree with charlie evans, it m

honorable thomas perez, the secretary of labor. welco [applause] >> good morning.it's great to be your. thank you for hosting this event, and it's an honor to be here with all of you end with folks out there in the hsting out there in thetalk about what we're doing in the obama administration to make sure we have a modern workforce the ob development system. and i think it's important when we talk about this issue toce provide context of thousand of where we were, where we've come and what we need to go. rhen the president took office the economy was emerging as you. know. and three months before the president took office, 2 million jobs were lost, and now you look at where we are with the unemployment rate, 5.1%, we're wi the middle of a longer streak ff private sector job growthth o record to the tune of 13.2 million jobs. we will know more about the lass month thies friday.he tune t the same time we've seen other progress in the depth of the recession, roughly seven jobseekers for every job opening. now we have 1.4. you look at first time claims for unemployment

. >> tonight, laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez on hiring our heroes.conference about veterans organized by the chamber of commerce is and the george w. bush institute. and on washington journal we will talk about the latest on veteran's issues and your input via calls, facebook postings and tweets. and conversations with freshman members of congress beginning with seth molten and then representative steve russell, a former ranger whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. and then a ceremony at the tome tomb of the unknown. and representative ryan talks about his service in iraq as a normer navy seal followed by a harvard gradute who decided to fight in iraq and join the marines. >> the candidates for the louisiana governor's office face off before the 21st runoff election. and then phillip hammond talks about energy and climate change. tonight we will take you live to b baton rouge for the louisiana governor's debate. john bel edwards faces off against republican senator david vitter ahead of the state's runoff election on november 21st. the debate i

former first lady laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez on hiring our heroes, conference about our veterans, organized by the chamber of commerce and the george w. bush institute. on wednesday, veterans day, washington journal from 7:00 to 10:00 eastern with the latest on veterans issues and your input. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, conversations with freshmen members of congress. then representative steve russell, a former army ranger, whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, live replay of the veterans wreathlaying cemetery. representative rubin gallego, a harvard graduate who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. watch all of c-span's veterans day coverage on tv, or online at www.c-span.org. of booknature feature tv's or coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country. nonfictionshkin -- author talks. we will be live from the 32nd annual miami book fair. our coverage starts on saturday, november 21, 10:00 a.m. eastern. authors include representative "hn lewis discussing his book march: book 2." joinslist judith miller us to discuss he

speakers include thomas perez and former first lady laura bush.she'll talk about pressure faced by veterans' families. here's a look at some of what you'll see tonight. >> while our servicemen and women are deployed, their spouses are the ones that takes care of the families at home. they care for the children. they manage the finances. and they pray their husbands and wives will return home safely. master sergeant rocky rodriguez urena and his wife joined us at our ranch in 2013 and '14 for the annual bike ride. when rocky talked about his years of service in the air force, she said, we, i say we, served 25 years. i lived every deployment with rocky. every trial and tribulation. but the day i said yes to him, i didn't realize the impact it was going to have on me. that's why it's so important to make sure that while our servicemen and women receive the support they need, that we care for their families as well. as we've heard this morning, employment support is the perfect place to start. studies show that post-nine/11 veterans face higher rates

ander first lady laura bush thomas perez on hiring our heroes, a conference about veterans organized by the chamber of commerce and the george w. bush institute. -- onday, veterans day wednesday, veterans day, we will take your input by calls, tweets, and facebook postings. we will have conversations with freshmen members of congress, and representative steve russell, whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. at noon, more from freshmen members of congress. , andsentative ryan sankey a harvard graduate who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. >> israeli prime minister ahu is innetany washington this week for meetings with president obama. the are expected to discuss deal and the israeli palestinian conflict. pres. obama: all right. it is very good to welcome, once .gain, prime minister netanyahu there is no leader i've met with more frequently. i think that speaks of the bond between the united states and israel. started, i want to talk about the jordanian attack that we discovered earlier. the fact that somebody dressed in military uniform carried out an attack at a trai

a look at prime time on our other networks on c-span former first lady laura wish, and thomas perez began hiring our heroes conference. i look he looks at ways and opportunities for hiring veterans. on c-span three a discussion on a recent report that outlines human rights concerns from one tanimoto bay detainees. these start at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the c-span networks. >> tomorrow president obama takes part in the veterans day ceremony at arlington national cemetery. to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown and then by the veterans affairs department. you department. you can see the events live on c-span.

part of her veterans day coverage, we will hear from first lady laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez, a medal of honor recipient tomorrow night. it has been the u.s. chamber of commerce and george w. bush institute conference. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >> while the servicemen and women are deployed, they are the ones that take care of the families at home. they care for the children, they manage to finance and and they pray that their husbands and wives will return home safely. master sergeant rock you, he ane joined us for the 101st celebration. when she talked about his service, she said that we, and i say we served 25 years and i lived every deployment with rocky. every trial and tribulation period for the day i said yes to him, i did not realize the impact that it was in have on me and that is why it is so important to make sure that while the servicemen and women receive the support that they need, that we care for their families as well. and as we have heard this morning, employment support is the perfect place to start. post-9/11 that trend

former first lady laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez on hiring our heroes. a conference about our veterans organized by the chamber of commerce and if george w. bush institute. on wednesday, c-span's washington journal from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. eastern with the latest on the issues via your input. at 10:00 a.m. eastern conversations with freshmen members of congress, beginning with a former marine who served four tours in iraq. then representative steve russell, a former army ranger whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. at 11:00 a.m., live coverage of the wrooes laying ceremony. then at noon, more from freshmen members of congress, representative ryan talks about his service in iraq as a former navy seal, followed by another representative, a harvard graduate who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. watch all of c-span's veterans day coverage on tv or online at c-span.org. >>> two things are very different today. first of all we have a justice system that does not -- these trials were not held according to what we could consider to be mode

secretary of labor, thomas perez. [applause] sec. perez: good morning, it is an honor to be here. thank you for honoring us with your presence, mrs. bush. i had the privilege of spending time with president bush and it was an honor to be with him, and you set a high bar for us coming in, in terms of serving our veterans, and i want to say thank you to you on behalf of the president and first lady, and the vice president, dr. biden, so much that we are doing, and i also want to say thank you to tom. and everybody else. thank you, eric, i know you are here. i also want to say thank you to all of the distinguished active duty and retired military leaders here and responses. we know it is a joint venture, and so we want to say thank you so much. yesterday, was -- would have been my father's 93rd birthday. next monday is the 41st anniversary of his passing. i come from a family where military service was a badge of honor. my father and my mother were one of nine. our family emigrated from the dominican republic, all of our uncle served in world war ii. i grew up listening to their stor

former first lady laura bush and labor secretary thomas perez on hiring our heroes, a conference aboutans organized by the chamber of commerce and the george w. bush institute. on wednesday, veterans day, " washington journal," with the latest on veterans issues and your input via calls, tweets, and facebook postings. and 10:00 eastern, conversations with freshmen members of congress beginning with -- asentatives that mold representative that served for tours in a rock. at a former army ranger whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. eastern, live coverage of the veterans day wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. and new, more for freshmen members of congress. a representative talks about his service in iran as a former navy seals, followed by representative who is a harvard graduate who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. watch all of c-span's veterans day coverage. >> a signature feature of c-span twos book tv is a coverage of book fairs and festivals across the country with non-picture author talks -- nonfiction author talks

laura bush and thomas perez on hiring our heroes, organized by the chamber of commerce.n wednesday, "washington journal" with the latest on veterans issues and your input via calls and facebook postings. conversations with freshman members of congress, including a former marine and representative steve russell, a former armor rangers. live coverage of the veterans day wreath-la ying ceremony. service in iraq as a former navy seal. a harvard graduate who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. plus all the coverage on tv or watch all of the coverage. s> our coverage of book fair and festivals. coming up, live from the miami book fair. our coverage starts on saturday, 10:00 eastern. authors include john lewis discussing his book "march." peggy noonan talks about her book "the time of our lives." ted koppel on his book "light out, surviving the aftermath." on sunday, speak with the authors live. o'rourke takes calls about his book. jonas live from miami on c-span2's "book tv." be sure to follow and tweet us your questions. institutionings posted a discussion about is

former first lady laura bush and secretary thomas perez on hiring our heroes organized by the chambers of commerce and the george w. bush institute. wednesday, veterans day, c-span's washington journal from 7:00 a.m. -- the latest on veterans issues and your input via calls, facebook postings. conversations with freshmen members of conference -- congress. urformer marine who served fo two wars in iraq. 11:00 a.m. eastern, live coverage of the veterans day ceremony at the two of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. at noon, more from freshmen members of congress. representative ryan talks about his service in iraq as a former navy seal. followed by representative rubin gallego -- decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. all of these bands veterans day coverage on tv or online at www.c-span.org. >>'s signature feature of c-span2 book tv is a coverage of book fairs and festivals. the nonfiction author talks, interviews, and be recalling segments. book tv will be live from the 32nd annual miami book fair. the coverage start saturday, november 21 at 10 :00 a.m. eastern. author

please welcome the secretary of labor, thomas perez. [applause] mr. perez: good afternoon. this is a family reunion. thank you for giving me the honor to be here. i've got to tell one quick story. career to the republicans winning the house in 1994 because i was a career civil servant at the department of justice, enjoying myself and when they republicans took over the house and senate, they needed details and i got that job with editor kennedy and it changed my life. i was about four inches away from a certain someone. stafferg about being a is you get to know people and you either become mortal enemies were friends for life. far away fromis this other staffer named melody barnes. .e had no secrets i could tell you about melody, but i won't. thank newt gingrich and others for the election of 1994, which allowed me to have the opportunity to work for senator kennedy. service,are in public i think it is really important to make house calls. as i was listening over the last hour, i often referred to it as i need to go to the filling nation. i feel like i have been at a fillin

entireyou can see the conference with laura bush and thomas perez tomorrow night on c-span and 8:00 eastern. wednesday, veterans day, president obama laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington national cemetery. we have live coverage beginning at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. long, c-spangn takes you on the road to the white house. unfiltered access to the candidates at town hall meetings, news conferences, rallies and speeches. we are taking your comments on twitter, facebook and by phone. as always, every campaign event we cover is available on our website at www.c-span.org. >> presidential candidate hillary clinton this weekend saying the government should change the way it classifies marijuana. to make it easier to conduct medical experiments. she made her remarks during a town hall meeting in south carolina on saturday. [applause] >> how are we doing? glad to be back in south carolina. aggies made some people upset with the gamecocks. looking forward to have a great conversation with you. i am the host. we have the first and only national morning show that speaks to t

thomas perez joining us from the labor department. >> he a good day.an't hammer him. >> dow up about 42 points. let's get to bob pisani. >> just chuckling because of all this excitement, stocks are just flat. there are winners and losers. financials are the big winners, tech modestly a big winner. the loser is utilities. that's no surprise. rising rates are bad for them. healthcare modestly on the down side. the world was divided into two camps, those who believe the hike was coming in december, those who didn't. those who believed the hike was coming made some big macro bets. generally you are short commodities, short emerging markets, long the dollar and developed markets. when the developed market bets, there were several bets being made. stock sector bets, generally you're short industrials, you're long healthcare, autos and home builders, you're long financials. this was the bet of those who believed the fed was hiking. the problem was those who believed the fed would not hike were somewhat ascendant in october as the data was week. all of these b

former first lady barbara -- laura bush and thomas perez on aligning our heroes.y thersation organized chamber of commerce and the george w. bush institute. on wednesday, c-span's washington journal from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern, with the latest on veterans issues and your input. at 10 a.m. -- 10:00 a.m. eastern, conversations with members of congress, beginning with seth bolden, a former marine, and steve russell, a former army ranger whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, live coverage of the veterans day replaying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. and at noon, more from freshmen members of congress. representative ryan zinke he talks about his experience in iraq is a former native seal, -- watch our coverage on tv and online on c-span.org. british secretary philip hammond is in washington dc. he held a conference with secretary of state john kerry yesterday. today he talked about what he calls a conservative approach to climate change, saying debate has been dominated by the left. from the american enterprise institute,

secretary of labor, thomas perez. [applause] it is an honor to be here. good morning, ms. bush. i had the honor of spending time with president bush behind stage and you set a high bar coming in in terms of serving our veterans and i want to say thank you on behalf of the president, first lady and the vice president. i worked with eric eversole for quite some time. thank you, eric. and i want to say thank you to the active members and retired members and their spouses. we know it is a joint venture and want to say thank you so much. yesterday would have been my father's 93rd birthday. next monday is the 41st anniversary of his passing. i come from a family where military service was a badge of honor. my father and mother was one of nine immigrating from the dominican republic. all of her uncles served in world war ii. after my father left the service he went to the va hospital in buffalo new york because buffalo, new york and the dominican republic had similar weather and they wanted the warm weather climate in buffalo. my father works at the va hospital until passing and my bro

so ladies and gentlemen, thomas perez. [applause] [inaudible conversations] all persons having business before the supreme court of the united states give their attention. >> they boldly opposed the internment of these americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation, he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> think mac issued an order sending 120,000 people of japanese origin who lived close to military installations to internment camps throughout the u.s.. >> this is a weak creation of one of the barracks. they were 20 feet wide and 120 feet long and they were divided into six different rooms. they didn't have a shoebox, they didn't have the masonite on the floor. it was freezing even in the daytime. the only heating they would have had would have been a potbelly stove. but this wouldn't have been able to heat the entire room in a comfortable kind of way. >> challenging the order, fred to find that order and was arrested at his case went to the supreme court. find out h

speakers include lara bush and thomas perez. medal of honor recipient.you can watch that conference tuesday, 8:00 p.m. eastern, c-span. then on veterans day, wednesday, it's the annual ceremony at arlington national cemetery, wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown soldier followed by a national observance program hosted by the department of veterans affair at memorial amphitheater. live at 11:00 a.m. eastern, c-span and c-span.org. the defense department's chief information officer spoke with reporters about ongoing cyber security challenges facing the pentagon. breakfast hosted by the "christian science monitor" is about 50 minutes. >> i think we're set. i'm dave cook from the monitor. our guest terry halvorson, in that role he oversees world's largest private computer network. he's accompany by mary anne bailey, principal director, deputy chief information officer for the defense department. he holes a bachelor's degree in history from widener university in pennsylvania, and a master's in educational technology from the university of west florida. he

then labor secretary thomas perez talks about job training and workers' rights.nd lye at 3 p.m -- live at 3 p.m., the u.s. senate will gavel n. on the agenda this week, debate on the military construction and veterans affairs appropriation bill. >> today arkansas senator tom cotton talks about possible changes to the disability insurance program and the rising number of people receiving benefits. live from the heritage foundation at noon eastern on c-span. >> all perps having business -- persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states, are admonished to draw near and give their attention. >> core mat sue boldly opposed the forced internment of japanese-americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation, mr. core mat sue took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> and this week on c-span's landmark cases, we'll discuss the historic supreme court case of kicks orema turks su v. the united states. after the attack on pearl harbor, president frank be lin roosevelt issued an evacuation

speakers include lara bush and thomas perez. you can watch that conference tuesday, 8:00 p.m.astern, c-span. then on veterans day, wednesday, it's the annual ceremony at arlington national sim tear, wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown soldier followed by a national observance program hosted by the department of veterans affair at memorial amphitheater. live at 11:00 a.m. eastern, c-span and c-span.org. over the next hour, panelists talk about universal broadband service including the national broadband plant, part of the 2015 aspen forum in as spend, colorado. >> we are moving into the universal service panel and the conversation we heard and was a good introduction to it. so as we -- as we know, the universal service fund was originally intended to subsi decide voice communications for rural and low income consumers and it's transitioning to focus on broadband. 2011 the high cost fund became connect america fund and began to subsidize world broadband. and the fcc is considering how to reform lifeline program to subsidize broadband instead of voice for low income people.

former first lady laura bush and thomas perez on hiring our heroes, a conference about our veterans, organized by the chamber of commerce and the george w. bush institute. on wednesday, veterans day, c-span's washington journal from 7:00 to 10:00 am eastern with the latest on veterans issues and your input via calls, tweets and facebook postings. at 10:00 am eastern, conversations with freshmen members of congress, beginning with a former marine who served four tours in iraq. then representative steve russell, former army ranger, whose unit helped hunt down saddam hussein. live coverage of the veterans day wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington cemetery. at noon more from freshmen members of congress. service in iraq as a former navy s.e.a.l. followed by representative gallego, who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. watch all of c-span's veterans day coverage on tv or online at c-span.org. >>> the senate armed services committee is taking steps to plan for future warfare. members held a hearing on geopolitical challenges and cyber threats that fac

yet your civil rights group under thomas perez and roy austin has presented obstacles with this punitive approach to law enforcement agencies. so, now, your nomination. you've been named as acting -- is that right, but have not yet been nominated? >> that is correct. >> and prior to joining the department of justice, you served as deputy legal director for the american civil liberties union and director for its center for justice. and prior to that, you were an attorney for the racial justice program. and prior to that you served as a lawyer for the naacp legal defense and education fund. so, i'm just saying that you come from a background that indicates an aggressiveness in these cases. civil rights division can fulfill an important role. i've seen attorneys. i've worked with them in a grand jury, investigating police. and the goal is -- it must be -- to obtain truth and find out what the real facts are. so, let's talk about this bit here. first, i talked to an experienced law enforcement officer in alabama. he says the kind of problems that we're seeing and the legal actions that have

secretary of labor, thomas e. perez. [applause] mr. perez: good morning. it is an honor to be here.d the privilege of spending a little time with president bush. it was an honor to be with him. he set a high bar for us coming in in terms of serving our veterans. i want to say thank you. so much that we are doing. i want to say thank you to tom and everyone else, eric ebersol. i know you are here. i want to say thank you to all of the distinguished active-duty and retired military leaders and your spouses. we want to say thank you so much. yesterday would have been my father's 93rd birthday. 41stmonday is the anniversary of his passing. i come from a family where military service was a badge of honor. immigrated from the dominican republic. my mother's uncles served in world war ii. my father, after he left the hospitalwent to the va in buffalo. buffalo and the dominican republic, the weather was very similar. so my father worked at the hospital until his passing. my brother then worked at the hospital a few years later. as we speak, my nephew, all of perez,e named raphael are workin

of trust and respect, yet your civil rights division under the leadership of the prior officer, thomas perez and royalityston, has build obstacling to this goal with a punitive approach toward local law enforcement agencies. so now you're nomination -- you've been named as acting, is that right? but have not yet been nominated? >> that is correct. >> and you are joining the department of justice you served with the american civil liberties union and director for its center for justice and prior to that you were an attorney for the racial justice program and prior to that you served as a lawyer for the naacp legal defense and education fund. so i just say that you come from a background that indicates an aggressiveness in these cases. civil rights division can fulfill an important role. i've seen attorneys, i've worked with them in a grand jury investigating police, and the goal is -- and must be to obtain truth and find out what the real facts are. so, let's talk about this a bit here. first i talked to an experience law enforcement officer in alabama who said -- he said the kind of problems

band's merchandise manager nick alexander and three people from their records label, thomas ayat, marie moser and andrea perezka whitfield, cnn. >> fredericka, thank you for that. the first time we heard from the band playing that night at the bataclan when this horrifying tragedy broke out, we're going to take a quick break and have much more live from paris in just a minute. your gut is your digestive core. so choose ultimate flora by renewlife. it has 30 billion probiotic cultures. feel lighter and more energized. ultimate flora. more power to your gut. >>> to american politics now, donald trump in a double-digit lead over his closest competitor, ben carson, in the republican presidential nomination process. and a new poll out today from the washington post and abc news shows donald trump at 32%. b is at ben carson is at 22% an marco rubio is at 11%. let's go to washington for more. >> reporter: good evening, poppy. a new poll out today shows donald trump continues to lead the gop field and has a double-digit lead with 32% support. ben carson running a close second with 22%. and the only other republican w

david perez: it's a little emotional. announcer: here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. garvin thomas: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we begin our special with a story that might remind some of old-time barn raisings, the kind of community event that doesn't happen anymore. or does it? david perez is the man who made it all happen this time, thanks to the power of social media and the kindness of strangers. garvin: it was a great day at murphy court, all thanks to a bad view. david: you can see the--above the garage and all. garvin: that view was out david perez's living room window of his neighbor's home two doors down. david: it was hard to watch. garvin: hard to watch his 75-year-old neighbor trying to reroof his own home. david: you know, just feeling sorry for that, you know, for somebody that age to be up there, trying to do it himself. garvin: problem was david knew next to nothing about roofing. but he did know a little about social media, so he snuck a picture of his neighbor and posted it on facebook, asking anyone who knew anything about r

david perez: it's a little emotional. announcer: here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. garvin thomas: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we begin our special with a story that might remind some of old-time barn raisings, the kind of community event that doesn't happen anymore. or does it? david perez is the man who made it all happen this time, thanks to the power of social media and the kindness of strangers. garvin: it was a great day at murphy court, all thanks to a bad view. david: you can see the--above the garage and all.

yet your civil rights group under thomas perez and roy austin has presented obstacles with this punitiveproach to law enforcement agencies. so, now, your nomination. you've been named as acting -- is that right, but have not yet been nominated? >> that is correct. >> and prior to joining the department of justice, you served as deputy legal director for the american civil liberties union and director for its center for justice. and prior to that, you were an attorney for the racial justice program. and prior to that you served as a lawyer for the naacp legal defense and education fund. so, i'm just saying that you come from a background that indicates an aggressiveness in these cases. civil rights division can fulfill an important role. i've seen attorneys. i've worked with them in a grand jury, investigating police. and the goal is -- it must be -- to obtain truth and find out what the real facts are. so, let's talk about this abit here. first, i talked to an experienced law enforcement officer in alabama. he says the kind of problems that we're seeing and the legal actions that have be

of trust and respect yet your civil rights division under the leadership of the prior officer thomas perez and roy often has increasingly built obstacles to this goal with this punitive approach toward local law enforcement agencies is. so now your nomination, you've been named as acting, is that right? but have not yet been nominated. >> that is correct. >> and prior to joining the department of justice you served as deputy legal director for the american civil liberties union and director for its center for justice and prior to that you were an attorney for the racial justice program and prior to that you served as a lawyer for the naacp legal defense and education fund. so i'd just say that you come from a background that indicates an aggressiveness in these cases. civil rights division can fulfill an important role. i've seen attorneys -- i've worked with them in a grand jury investigating police and the goal -- it nomust be to obtain truth and find out what the real facts are. so let's talk about this a bit here. first, plft davmr. davis, i taln experienced law enforcement officer in

. >> the conference title hiring our hero's features thomas perez, labor secretary and medal of honor recipient, the u.s. chamber of commerce and george w. bush institute host the event, it starts at 8:00 eastern. and more on veterans day, a former congressman patrick kennedy challenging president obama's handling of veterans and their mental health struggle. we're coming up on veterans day and the president ought to pay more than lip service to veterans, he said the key urged the president to force the health and human services secretary into approving addiction and mental health care services for military and personnel and civilians. you can read more about that at thehill.com. >> our next guest is former rep in the indiana, republican who served 1995-2000 and currently the club president, david mcintosh, good morning. club for growth, what is it? what is your purpose? >> we are the premier advocate for free market limited government policy but most of our work is through our affiliated pack that helped elect champions, folks like pat to me, ted cruz, marco rubio, rand paul, tom cot