congress met. washington went in person to the congress and delivered the speech that had a series of recommendations, relatively short speech. in those days they actually used to cut the state of the union message up into paragraphs and create committees to address each one of the issues the president suggested. washington and adams followed that practice. they created this idea that from time to time was an annual message. the years it was known as the annual message. it didn't become known as the state of the union message until the 1940's. in 1948 there was a hollywood movie called state of the union. that cemented the idea that it was the state of the union message. washington and adams went in person to congress. ,'s jefferson didn't enjoy public speaking. he gave to public speeches while presidents. his first and his second inaugural address. jefferson like to be known as a writer, not a speaker. he got the idea of the president going to congress personally to deliver a list of things he wanted to see done was too much like the british king, the monarch going to parliament. he thought this was

washington and adams went in person to congress. thomas jefferson however didn't , enjoy public speaking. he gave only to public speeches -- two public speeches while president. his first and his second inaugural address. jefferson like to be known as a writer, not a speaker. he got the idea of the president going to congress personally to deliver a list of things he wanted to see done was too much like the british king, the monarch going to parliament. he thought this was not appropriate for a republic. jefferson sent his message to congress. each year after that they would send their messages which would be read by the clerks of the senate. rather than by the president. they would read in the congressional record or the newspapers. they didn't have to listen to a clerk or read the message. that became the tradition. the constitution is not that specific about what it is. time to time, this needs to be given on the state of the union. in 1913, we had a new president to have been trained as a political scientist. he had a phd in poli

congress met. but washington went in person to the congress. went to the senate chamber and delivered a speech that had a series of recommendations. relatively short speech. but in those days before there were standing committees of congress, they used to cut the state of the union message up into paragraphs and create ad hoc committees to address each one of the issues the president suggested. washington and adams, john adams, his vice president who became president, followed that practice. and so they created this sort of idea that from time to time was an annual message. in fact, the years it was known -- for years it was known as the annual message. it didn't become known as the state of the union message, really, until the 1940's. in fact , in 1948, there was a hollywood movie called "state of the union" and that's what really cemented the idea that the annual message was the state of the union message. president washington, adams went in person to congress. thomas jefferson didn't enjoy public speaking. in fact he, gave only two public spe

biennial budgeting opens the door for congress to do all of its work. fourth, not only will biennial budgeting tilt congress focused oversight, it will also reduce the use it or lose it mentality that wastes precious taxpayer dollars at the end of every fiscal year. nearly 20% of all federal spending occurs in the last few weeks of the year and nearly a $35 billion increase in spending occurs in the last week alone. that's a spike in the last week. i realize that when any reform proposal put forth, some will favor the status quo. that's the case here. there's a certainly comfort with what you know even when you know what you have doesn't work. no organization on the planet embraces the status quo quite like the congress of the united states. we should not let the perfect become the enemy of the good for should we let comfort with the status quo become a barrier for fixing a broken system. you all need to know that i don't argue that biennial budgeting is a panacea because it's not. it just simply isn't. but those that offer some critiques to it i think a

i didn't have this until i came to congress. you taught your students to think on both sides of the issues. sort of challenged that side. let me challenge you a bit. clearly, you would agree that what we're doing now is not working. so let me ask you if their proposal will not fix the problem we have because it's not working, what will work? >> i wish i had a neat answer for you. >> you would give me an f at duke if i had said that. >> [ laughter ] >> let me tell you what i would give you at least a b for. [ laughter ] >> what i think this discussion calls for actually and i was hoping i would have a chance to say this, is a warning against overestimating the effects of any institutional tinkering that we might ever come up with. okay? and this goes back to the point about -- about the political will. i don't -- of course structures matter. rules matter. and we need to refine our structures and our rules. about i do believe that the process we're talking about, the power of the purse, which historically has been an institutional

pulling people from the work of diplomacy to respond to congress. clearly, the system was not sustainable. we realized we needed to institutionalize the way we speed up the pace of deliver wi. we had to upgrade. this past year we have been transforming the way we respond to congressional requests. i worked with my colleagues at state to create a congressional document production branch which involved additional personnel and acquiring new software to facilitate document review and production. we're grateful congress enabled us to shift funding to establish this new entity to provide additional personnel and new technology. as a result, we have been able to process more quickly requests from this committee, from the slekts committee on benghazi and multiple other committees. not every committee may be completely satisfied, i can state with confidence that our new unit is enabling us to respond to more than ever before. because the congressional document production branch is only a few months old, its impact may not be fully apparent yet. going forward

embarrassing,s that is not a reason to keep it from the congress. a successful working relationship between the congressional committee and the executive branch agencies require effort, communication, and good faith on both sides. we need transparency and need to work together. we have a lot of good staff, a lot of good people. disparage anye to one person's reputation, but we are here to get answers, and we to make sure we get those documents. we need your help in doing so. with that, i recognize the ranking member, mr. cummings. i strongly support the authority of this committee to obtain the necessary documents as part of our investigation. these documents are a critical tool to investigate waste, fraud, or abuse, eliminate .uplication we rely on other sources of testimony,, witness interviews, briefings, and meetings. .ocuments are unique they give us the ability to understand what happens over time without having to rely on memories or self-serving recollection of those being investigated. i support the committees of authority because i have bee

congress met. but washington went in person to the congress, went to the senate chamber, and delivered the speech that has a serious of recommendations, relatively -- series of recommendations, relatively short speech. in those days they actually used to cut the state of the union message up into paragraphs and create ad hoc committees to address each one of the issues the president suggested. washington and adams followed that practice. they created this idea that from time to time was an annual message. in fact the years it was known , as the annual message. it didn't become known as the state of the union message until the 1940's. in 1948, there was a hollywood movie called state of the union. that cemented the idea that it

congress met. washington went in person to the congress and delivered the speech that had a series of recommendations, relatively short speech. in those days they actually used to cut the state of the union message up into paragraphs and create committees to address each one of the issues the president suggested.

to this very useful discussion. we have a similar hearing on this issue last congress. at that time i hadn't yet come to a position on this issue. but after studying the issue and hearing the perspectives laid out at that hearing and today, i believe a move to biannual budgeting is premature. particularly if it is not paired with additional budget process reforms. each day my constituents cry out for congress to use, quote, the power of the purse. unfortunately, it is clear that after congress' consistent surrender of legislative power of the president over the past few decades, the power of the purse has become illusionary at best. a budget process document prom the peterson pew commission on budget reform stated that a con of biannual budgeting would be that it delegates authority to the executive. we will not see an effective power of the purse restored to its rightful place with congress by cutting in half the opportunities congress has to utilize it. eliminating the budget appropriations process every other year would also run counter to our emphasis on regular orde

this work will pay dividends to congress, the press, and the american public. the second thing congress can do is to take a closer look at itself. put a mirror up to our faces. we can in end the politically-motivated headlines. we can end duplicate requests. we can ask for only what we really need, rather than everything under the sun. we can work with agencies to understand the legitimate interests in protecting certain classes of information, well giving accommodations for what we need to do our job. that is the balance that we should seek. that is the balance we should work towards. so, in closing, mr. chairman, i hope we can explore some of these issues here today, and i look forward to the testimony of our witnesses. i yield back. rep. chaffetz: i hold the record open for five legislative days for any written statements. i recognize our panel of witnesses. assistant secretary of the bureau of legislative affairs at the united states department of state. assistant attorney general for legislative affairs at the department of justice. the honorable assistant

congress met but washington went in person to the congress and went to the senate chamber and delivered the speech that had a series of recommendations, relatively short speech but in those days before they were standing committees of congress they actually used to cut the state of the union message up into paragraphs and create ad hoc committees to address each one of the issues that the president suggested. washington and adams, john adams vice president who became president follow that practice, so they created this idea that from time to time there was an annual message and for years it was known as the animal message. it didn't become known as the state of the union message really until the 1940s. in fact in 1948 there was a hollywood movie and that is what cemented the idea that the annual message was the state of the union message. president washington and adams went to congress. thomas jefferson however thomas jefferson however didn't enjoy public speaking. he gave only to public speeches while he was president. his first and not religious and his second inaugural address. other

the budgetary authority is supposed to come out of congress. the separation of powers here in america is intelligently designed so that the politicians who are closest to the people, which is the house of representatives, has the power of deciding where the money is spent. another issue is to interpret the law, the law that says licence firearms dealers have to have background checks. congress has the power to specify who should fall under that law and to people who were upset about this action, they think that should be left up to congress. obama knows that he is doing things that are going around congressional power. the way he framed this is they're not doing anything, so i'm going to >>> he also knows he is doing something in this particular instance. the idea of enforcing background checks and getting around gun sellers. there are many americans who don't want things changed, but they think it is a weird one. how many times has the president got to ask to do something and we have had dozens of mass shootings since he took office. he tasked

it's the first bill to clear both houses of congress and make to president obama's desk. it would also cut funding for planned parenthood. it's unlikely congress will be able to override the veto. this was the president's eighth veto, the fewest in the modern presidency according to this graph. >>> john kasich is campaigning in new hampshire today. and this afternoon he will be holding a town hall meeting in the town of exeter. c-span will have live coverage starting at 5:15 eastern. >>> and coming up tomorrow, governor kasich will join six other candidates in south carolina, they will be divided in to three panels and be interviewed by paul ryan and senator tim scott. the questions are expected to focus on the candidates' ideas on how to handle the country's issues and c-span will be there with live coverage starting tomorrow morning at 10:20 eastern. >>> as president obama prepares for his state of the union address on tuesday, he released this video on twitter. >> i'm working on my state of the union address. it's my last one. and as i'm writing being i keep positi thin

byrnes: i want to say to the panel, i have been in congress in two years. this is the best discussion i have heard since i have been in cofpblgt i appreciate the quality on all sides. get right to my questions. mr. ribble, i'm a co-sponsor -- >> can you continue to watch this rules committee meeting live online at c spafment.org on c-span our regular coverage of the u.s. house of representatives are coming in for legislative work. this afternoon taking up the budget reconciliation bill. it would repeal parts of the 2010 health care law. including the insurance mandate, medicaid expansion, and that tax on medical devices. it also would defund planned parenthood. the senate has passed the bill. the president threatened to veto the bill. live coverage of the house now on c-span with a vote set for this afternoon.

so why can't you provide those underlying documents to congress? > as the congresswoman pointed out, this rule is under litigation. that increases the amount of work that needs to be done in terms of producing documents. we are committed, i expect that we will be able to continue to produce documents, that we'll be able to produce documents this month -- next month, in short order. and we're committed to work with your staff on that. >> when is it reasonable to give us the documents? what date? i'm looking for a date. >> i can't give you a date certain because the breadth of the subpoena is so broad. i can commit that in the next month we'll produce more documents. >> wow. this is what we're up against. i will now recognize the gentlewoman from new york, ms. maloney. >> i would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member and all the panelists today. i think we can all agree in bipartisan way that congress has the right and it's essential that congress have access to all the information that it needs to conduct its business and to provide prope

it looks at issues that are relevant to congress today. i should stress that the center is strictly nonpartisan and the focus of the program is not to advocate for particular policies are legislation, but rather to provide historical context that policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. i want to acknowledge the financial support of the andrew mellon foundation, which makes this possible and in particular, i want to thank the two people who actually organized these events, and that is commander niz, the- amanda mo assistant director of the center over there, and frankie lyons, a very intern who is outside the door. the passage of the voting rights act 50 years ago is rightly regarded as a landmark piece of legislation. it largely eliminated discriminatory -- actions. aitics complained it created system of racial gerrymandering. congress repeatedly reauthorized the law.y point of the justice roberts framed his decision in historical terms, arguing, our country and has changed in the past 50 years. it seems appropriate

because it is disrespectful not to address congress is right to have information. so, we need to figure out which one of these things it is. in the department of human services there was a request regarding secret service misconduct. there were a number of issues which were already addressed. my understanding is there is one more issue that is outstanding. i'm not quite show what it is, are you aware of it? it is one of 16 issues that have been identified and have been responded to. >> with regard to the secret service request, we're dealing with two different documents. one was the february 18 letter, that contained 16 requests. complying with the request as a matter of fact. the process worked as it should. the request was very broad. so we went back to the committee and asked the committee to prioritize and that we could prioritize. which, in fact, the committee did. you prioritize for lines of information which we were producing. in the course of that production, ultimately the july 9 subpoena came forward. it also had 18 requests. most of which were overlappin

that, in fact, responded to congress 's concern about the opm breach. my time isassume about to expire. >> please complete the question. >> what we have tried to do is to i can fold. working to provide services to all of those that were impacted whate separate incidents, we call the personal records and the background records incidents. we went out and acquired identity theft protection for those in those breaches. so what our effort has been is to provide all members of congress a mechanism for having information, when your constituents call. whether they be retired, serrent, or does anyone who information might have been swept up in that. we received letters, so what we did is put together a hotline for offices to give to their caseworkers and sent information. faqs.d one-page sheets of please get in touch with our office, we can better provide information on those efforts. times, it be about wait how the service is provided, the language they use, we want to make sure people get the services that they need. that is the highest priority of the acting d

[applause] now, i want to be clear, congress still needs to act. the folks in this room will not rest until congress does. [applause] because once congress gets onboard with commonsense gun safety measures, we can reduce gun violence a whole lot more. but we also can't wait. until we have a congress that's in line with the majority of americans, there are actions within my legal authority that we can take to help reduce gun violence and save more lives, actions that protect our rights and our kids. after sandy hook, joe and i worked together with our teams and we put forward a whole series of executive actions to try to tighten up the existing rules and systems that we had in place. but today we want to take it a step further. so let me outline what we're going to be doing. number one, anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks or be subject to criminal prosecutions. [applause] it doesn't matter whether you're doing it over the internet or the gun show, it's not where you do it but what you do. we're

and then they send the bill to congress and expect us to salute and write the check. but that's not what article 1, section 8 says. it says it's congress's duty to raise and support, provide and maintain, make rules for the government in regulation of the military forces of the united states. and the men and women on our committee, on both sides of the aisle, take that responsibility very seriously. as a matter of fact, as many of you all know, most of the issues we grapple with, we do so on a bipartisan basis. now, that doesn't mean that everybody agrees with every judgment call, but by and large, people try to find the right answer for the country. now, some of the calls we have made in the last few years that disagreed with the administration proposals, things such as retaining an aircraft carrier, not retiring the a10, keeping both the u2 and the global hawk when we have a severe isr shortage. those things in hindsight looked pretty good. today, we have to make those judgment calls in a very constrained budget environment and in the most complex, difficult national

obama: now, i want to be clear, congress still needs to act. s in this room will not rest until congress does. [applause] pres. obama: because once congress gets onboard with commonsense gun safety measures, we can reduce gun violence a whole lot more. but we also can't wait. until we have a congress that's in line with the majority of americans, there are actions within my legal authority that we can take to help reduce gun violence and save more lives, actions that protect our rights and our kids. after sandy hook, joe and i worked together with our teams and we put forward a whole series of executive actions to try to tighten up the existing rules and systems that we had in place. but today we want to take it a step further. so let me outline what we're going to be doing. number one, anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks or be subject to criminal prosecutions. [applause] pres. obama: it doesn't matter whether you're doing it over the internet or the gun show, it's not where you do it but

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[applause] now, i want to be clear, congress still needs to act. the folks in this room will not rest until congress does. [applause] because once congress gets onboard with commonsense gun fety measures, we can reduce gun violence a whole lot more. but we also can't wait. until we have a congress that's in line with the majority of americans, there are actions within my legal authority that we can take to help reduce gun violence and save more lives, actions that protect our rights and our kids. after sandy hook, joe and i worked together with our teams and we put forward a whole series of executive actions to try to tighten up the existing rules and systems that we had in place. but today we want to take it a step further. so let me outline what we're going to be doing. number one, anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks or be subject to criminal prosecutions. [applause] it doesn't matter whether you're doing it over the internet or the gun show, it's not where you do it but what you do. we're a

now we need to see congress vote to ratify it. there's a process, though, of public consideration and public comment. so we're not calling on congress to vote for it now, but we are hopeful they will move in a timely fashion to vote to approve that legislation. that's obviously going to require bipartisan support there, too. those are just two examples of some high-priority items that the president's hopeful this congress can act on before the end of the year. north korea to the test, having the discussion of deployment of more weapons in the area and obviously there was a flyover, a b-52 bomber, i believe, over the weekend. and so china has raised some concerns, calling for all sides to avoid escalating the situation in the region. so i was wondering, did the u.s. talk to china at all before they did the flyover? and are there any concerns when you're talking -- when you're discussing deployment of more strategic weapons about possibly escalating the situation or making the situation worse? josh: well, let me tell you a little bit

congress met, but washington went in person to the congress, went to the senate chamber and delivered a speech that had a series of recommendations, relatively short speech, but in those days before there were standing committees of congress they actually used to cut the state of the union message up into paragraphs and created a who can committees to address each one of the issues that the president suggested. washington and adams, john adams, his vice president who became president, followed that practice and so they created this sort of idea that the time to time was an annual message. in fact, for years it was known as the annual message. it didn't become known as the state of the union message really until the 1940s. in fact, in 1948 there was a hollywood movie called state of the union and that sort of really cemented the idea that the annual message was the state of the union message. president washington, adams went in person to congress, thomas jefferson, however, didn't enjoy public speaking, in fact, he gave only two public speeches while he was president, his first inaugur

what else to congress have done? that would be unlikely, harrison? harrison: in regards to the reasons to go to war, i think 9/11 is an excellent reason for war. 3000 people dead. the problem can we do not wage it on the right people. i don't even know if there was a right people. but it is not just the media. you know, we put them there anyway. so, what is the difference? i think like, i think it is more than just a military thing. of course, people are attacked? we have more than just the iraq war, we got the patriot act, expanded nsa, all of those types of things. i think that is an instance where the presidential oversight and not go so well. brooks: i want to get some of these concepts out. we talked about nixon, polk. but they are not standing alone in this regard. member, one of the things -- the notion that the 20th century brought about a substantially different presidency, while there is a change, we have talked about some of those things. but issues presidents have faced, have always faced them. the problems of before. we talk about wars th

but what if we try to stop even one. what if congress did something, anything to, anything to protect our kids from gun violence. >> reporter: the executive action will expand background checks to gun shows and online transactions which are exempt his actions carry the force of law without the approval of congress. they will face legal challenges. many republican presidential candidates took to the sunday shows to protect his shows. >> were going to protect the second amendment's and we will terminate it when i get office. it takes rights away from law-abiding citizens. he his executive powers he doesn't have an is a pattern that is quite dangerous. >> he acts like he's the king, the fact is if you want to make changes go to congress and convince congress it's necessary. >> reporter: but going to congress has proved difficult. senator bernie sanders said the president is doing the right thing by taking executive actions. >> there is a wide consensus, overwhelming majority of the american people believe that we should expand and strengthe

so the constitution clearly gives congress the responsibility to mint coins and to print money. in 1914, congress delegated the management of that exercise, the management of our currency, to the fed. and for a long time, there was a sense that we ought to just leave them to their own devices and not pay very much attention. i think those days are past. i think the fed has -- the fed's behavior obligates us to take a different approach. one good beginning step would be the legislation that we're considering today, the legislation that would audit the fed. all it really does is it would give congress the opportunity -- and the american people -- the opportunity to examine and understand the mechanics, the thinking behind changes in monetary policy in something close to realtime. i think we absolutely need that and i will say, i was a skeptic about this for a lot of -- for a long time, i thought, oh, i'm not so sure it's such a good idea to have congress looking closely over the shoulders of the folks who are making monetary policy. but i think that the dangerous behavior that the

to say i need authority but congress is to dysfunctional it takes away the power but if they assert hey have that authority and challenges congress to repudiate that same dysfunction prevents from that coherent way because not reacting amounts to acquiescence and he learns from the situation he can govern to executive action that is of the national security state that secretary of defense the bush and the obama as secretary of defense you think it is a natural -- national interest. >> have a bite to get to some of your questions and is the new year so we will resolve not to be that washington character to ask the question that does not in the neck question mark. please make it short and raise your hand we for the microphone in state your affiliation and ask a question. >> i like the focus that you built around is specifically the incentive to the future administrations with those consequences me a more important incentive of the national security state with every national security decision obviously the united states goes to war in this country to see how bad incentive fits into that

obama wanted to get the deal through congress. he didn't care if he trampled on the constitution to do it. >> it was richard nixon. he wasn't actually impeached. one of the charges is he was using intelligence agencies of the united states to go against political enemies. seems like there might have been some of that here. >> i would say that's not what was going on, nor was it any intention. as i mentioned earlier, this had the ascent of members of congress. >> hold on. you're right. the original spying to make sure there wasn't a preemptive strike by israel did but that was before the president made the pledge to stop it. congress approved it is spying. >> they did on this spying and i will also add that the israelis were spying on the u.s. and using that information to lobby members of congress, into fear in our domestic affairs. >> people spy on people all the time. you're not supposed to use spying agencies to go against members of congress. that's the point here. that's what happened. >> we don't know the facts about it. this

they have to have congress to go along. when we have a presidential candidate on the campaign trail saying he liked me and i will do x, they never say if congress will go along with me. that is not the way we do campaigns but that is the reality. if the person becomes president and they are giving a speech, it leads into the notion that i am asking you to do this and at the year's end when that has not happened, the public will say there is the president, he did not get anything done. things inutting perspective about the presidency as well as this particular speech. host: npr wrote about the research you did and viewers can find it on npr's website. how much gets done from state of the union speeches? donna hoffman, associate professor of political science at university of northern iowa, thank you. guest: you are very welcome. host: let's get back to your cause. more reaction to the president's last state of the union address last night. dawn in louisiana, a republican. what did you think? would like to see him talk more ab

congress is not going to take it on. who is going to take it on? >> presumably the voters won't be reached by the message by -- >> voters don't elect congress. they elect members of congress. if you look at the system and you say voters help us overthrow corrupted congress, they have to vote for a democrat, they have to vote for republican, these people are just as bad whether they're democrats or republican, there's no reform really possible there. it's not going to combo tom up or top down, it's not going to come from the side or courts, there's an interesting moment to the history of the constitution when two days before the constitution was published the american people didn't -- a way to amend the constitution is exclusively through congress. george maces stands up and says what if congress is the problem, then we are stuck and, you know, a fist time there was a moment in the history of american politics, they said, yeah, that's right and they created a convention claws to give the states the power to call in a convention. >> article 5. >> arti

first met that washington went in person to the congress, went to the senate chamber and delivered the speech that had a series of recommendations, a relatively short speech but in those days before they were standing committees of congress they used to cut the state of the union message up in paragraphs and create ad hoc issues that the president suggested. washington and adams, john adams the vice president who became president follow that practice so they created this idea that from time to time and annual message and in fact it was known as the annual message. it didn't become known as the state of the union message really until the 1940s. in fact in 1948 there was the hollywood movie called state of the union and that cemented the idea that the annual message with the state of the union message. president washington adams went first to congress, thomas jefferson didn't enjoy public speaking. in fact he gave only two public speeches while he was president. his first an uproar dress address and is second in our girl is dressed. other than that chairperson was a writer not a speaker.

. >> i should propose to this congress a $10 billion nationwide clean waters program to that modern municipal waste treatment plants in every place in america where they are needed to make waters cleaned again and do it now. [applause] >> it does influence the legislative agenda for the year whether or not congress chooses to follow the president suggestions or ignores them, or rewrites them. at least the president has given an outline of what he wants to see. sometimes the president's never got a chance to give their inaugural address. william henry harrison died. congress wasn't going to begin

he was trying to work with congress. he was trying to bring congress together. i think this was a speech that he probably had more to do with writing than any of his other speeches. this reflected his thoughts >> reporter: you heard his voice? >> yeah. >> reporter: there were some moments where he chided republicans, where he called out some of the things they opposed during his administration. do you think he won anybody over tonight? >> i don't know if he won anybody over. it was a little bit disheartening to see that the standing ovations came from one side of the aisle, not from both. i think there were certain things that he spoke about in that everybody should have stood up and applauded. >> reporter: did you feel that more tonight than past years? >> no. i think it has been this way in past years. i think he has the division after having been president for so many years to kind of see it right there before him. i wouldn't be surprised if he was responsible for writing the majority of his speech himself. >> reporter: foreign policy is an area that you have

but what if we tried to stop even one? what if congress did something anything to protect our kids from gun violence?" the steps president obama wants to take to increase gun control and the reaction from candidates seeking his office. the news at noon starts now. news at noon front door open good afternoon. i'm megan reuther. thank you for joining us. president obama is expected to map out a strategy to increase gun he meets with attorney general loretta lynch to talk about how to bypass congress. edward lawrence shows us not everyone is on board. president obama fresh off his hawaiian vacation and taking aim at gun control. he meets with attorney general loretta lynch to talk about ways to increase background checks for people who buy guns. the president during his weekly radio address defended his position. "this policy was supported by some 90% of the american people. it was supported by a majority of nra households. but the gun lobby mobilized against it. and the senate blocked it." democratic frontrunner for president hillary clinton

to the good but the fact is congress is still basically just saying no. it has refused to confirm presidential nominees which resulted throughout the administration the administration has been seriously understaffed at senior levels which really in peds the ability of the government to function. i think frankly and i guess this is a partisan point of view but the refusal of the house republicans in the last congress to allow speaker boehner even to put the senate's immigration reform bill to a vote on the house floor where publicly would have passed is an abuse, and abuse by a minority and thwarting the need of the ability of the government to deal with a huge and significant problem. >> dysfunctionality of congress is a big part of the question and you can't have a serious discussion. >> to pick up on ilya's invitation to me and to respond to the question probably for eight years we will indeed be holding another forum. whoever gets into the white house. we aren't equal opportunity basher here at cato and the reason we are is because we think the zeitgeis

or any place subject to their jurisdiction. congresspower to force this article by appropriate legislation. this second enforcement clause would become a focus of debates once the amendment was set to the states for ratification. opposition was strong in the two border states that had resisted lincoln's encouragement to take action against slavery themselves. delaware, we protest against the policy and shall labor to maintain the supremacy of our own race and will submit to equality only when resistance shall be in vain. man is a government white for the benefit of white men. conservatives in kentucky argued the government intended to free the slaves and put them on the quality of whites they condemned section two as authorizing the government to pass legislation that could make that equality possible. their concerns were hardly unwarranted. supporterstors were of black equality. the radical elements of had sought to elevate the race socially and politically and remove the legal statuses. african-americans have used the opportunity pres

we have to be just as organized in defense of our kids. this is not that complicated. the reason congress blocks laws is because they want to win elections. and if you make it hard for them to win an election, if they block those laws, they will change course, i promise you. [ applause ] >> and yes, it will be hard. and it won't happen overnight. it won't happen during this congress. it won't happen during my presidency. but a lot of things don't happen overnight. a woman's right to vote didn't happen overnight. liberation of african americans didn't happen overnight. lgbt rights, that's decade's worth of work. so just because it's hard, that's no excuse not to try. and if you have any doubt as to why you should feel that fierce urgency of now, think about what happened three weeks ago. a sophomore at fulton high school in knoxville, tennessee. he played football, beloved by his classmates and his teachers. his own mayor called him one of their city's success stories. the week before christmas he headed to a friend's house to play video games. he wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong tim

there's no timeline on a decision, and the u-s mint has not made any recommendations to congress. later today we'll say goodbye to a locally-based ship. the last time we'll see it in hampton roads. plus, one presidential candidate is upset about thursday's upcoming debate. :38 - :43 "it's a rotten thing to do to try and designate which candidates have a chance and don't" why rand paul says he won't participate. and crowning a new college football champion. alabama fans will have a little extra pep in their step today. we have a lot of news to get to on this tuesday. good morning. i'm katie collett. and i'm lex gray, in for don roberts. let's start with a check of that chilly forecast with meteorologist jeremy wheeler. jeremy. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: mostly sunny. breezy and warmer this afternoon. highs will be in the low/mid 50s. winds ssw 10-20mph with gusts up to 25mph. a few gusts to 30 near the shore. tonight: partly cloudy this evening with a few sprinkles or flurries possible. then clearing skies and cold. lows will be in the upper 20s. winds west 10-20mph with