tony blinken, monday is the 20 fourth of november. what can we expect on monday? >> the negotiating teams are engaged at this moment working toward an agreement. i don't want to prejudge what may happen or may not happen. right now it is going to be difficult to get to where we want to go. it is not impossible. it depends on whether iran take the steps it must take to convince us, to convince our partners, that its program would be for entirely peaceful purposes. as we speak we are not there. secretary of state is prepared to engage directly and personally if we have enough to go on to move this over the goal line but it is literally a minute to minute, hour to hour thing. i was getting e-mails before coming here. i can't tell you what to expect. i can tell you in the days ahead as we move toward the 24th we will continue to be very close consultation with you, with members of the senate and members of congress where we are, where this is going and depending on where this goes, to work with you to figure out the most effective next steps. i wish i should tell you

. >> now, from the conference, white house deputy national security advisor tony blinken who revealed in a november, 2013 meeting, the president and then iraqi prime minister discussed isis. but the iraqi leader would not act. >> so let me welcome you again for our fourth session of the day. it's been a terrific day, but we saved the best for last. and we're honored to have tony blinken, deputy national security advisor to president obama with us. those of you who have been with us all day covered the region pretty well and pretty deeply, but we're now going to focus on the administration's inside view of kind of where we stand in this effort against isis and to bring a greater degree of order to the region. i think everybody knows mr. blinken's distinguished resume. he was vice president biden's national security advisor before becoming the president's deputy. and, before that, the democratic staff director of the foreign relations committee. really honored to have you and looking forward to hearing from you. he has a tight schedule, wouldn't surprise anybody to know, but would look

this follows testimony this week for the new deputy secretary of state tony blinken.t being make the russians to think twice and deter them including with defensive lethal equipment. it is something we should look at. the pentagon provided 118 million in nonlethal aid. but included radios and body armor and first aid. the white house feared that providing lethal aid would be a proxy war. and now the administration is signaling vladimar putin that his venturism must stop. >> jennifer, thank you. >> the pentagon releasing new video of war planes pounding isis target. hear what our next guest say about. that >> police are on the look out for packages mailed from the florida university shooter hoping to get a clue to his motive. >> he asked for our information because he was sending a manifesto or what he was sending. what we hope is why he choose to do this. art health. heart: i'm going to focus on the heart. i minimize my sodium and fat... gotta keep it lean and mean. pear: uh-oh. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium... and phytosterols, which may help lower c

now president obama's choice to be deputy secretary of state tony blinken testifies at senate confirmationearing. mr. blinken serves as deputy national security adviser. the senate foreign relations committee is chaired by bob menendez of new jersey. >> his nomination hearing for tony blinken deputy secretary of state will come to order. let me welcome you back to the committee as a former staff director of the committee for chairman biden at the time. you know as much about the nomination process as anyone although perhaps you are less familiar with being on that side of the table. between your service here at the white house you also have the challenge of managing multiple complex experiences and those experiences will serve you well when confirmed for this position. the united states is facing a range of critical challenges from a bowl in west africa to russian aggression in ukraine to the challenge of countering the isil in syria and iraq to iran's continued quest for a nuclear weapons program. at the same time we are seeking to forge new global partnerships with india, in the middle e

. >>> in the afternoon, president obama's choice to be deputy secretary of state, tony blinken, will testify at a senate foreign relations committee. that's live at 2:30 eastern. >>> now, north carolina republican congressman walter jones talks about president obama's friendly request to combat the military group isis in iraq and syria. from the washington journal, this is 45 minutes. >>> and we are back with congressman walter jones, republican of north carolina, serves on the armed services committee. our viewers are just watching that exchange you had last week with the defense secretary. what is your assessment of the isis strategy so far? is it working? >> well, let me say first that one of the worst mistakes i've made since i've been in congress was to pass -- to vote to pass the au authorization military force to give president bush the authority to go into iraq. >> in 2002? >> yes, ma'am. the reason for that is we have a constitutional responsibility. and i do not think we should commit our young men and women to war unless we debate it on the floor of the house when we have

november 24th iran nuclear negotiations deadline, white house deputy national security adviser tony blinken says as of right now it's difficult to get to where the u.s. wants to go, but stressed it's not impossible. his comments about this and other foreign policy issues came during his confirmation hearing to the deputy secretary of state yesterday before the senate foreign relations committee. >> this nomination hearing for deputy secretary of state will come to order let me welcome you to the committee as the former staff director for the committee for chairman biden at the time. you know as much about the nomination process as anyone. although, perhaps yourself less familiar with being on that side of the table. between your service here and the white house, you also understand the challenge of managing multiple complex situations concurrently, and those experiences, i believe, will serve you well, as confirmed for that position. your nomination as deputy secretary of state comes at a time when the united states is facing a range of critical challenges, from ebola in west africa to russ

unless i speed read incorrectly, at tony blinken's confirmation hearing yesterday for your old job, strobe, he said the administration felt that it was about time we furnish them. i guess my question is what are the implications for our relations with russia and with our european allies if that does go through? >> thanks, mike. anders come if you can ask your question in 60 seconds or less we will get to exit copies of this book. [laughter] thank you very much. i will be quick. both ukraine and, of course, his impotence i want to add a sense of urgency. the ukrainian economy will meltdown within four months. if nothing seriously is done very fast. what ukraine needs to do on its site is to unify the energy prices and cut 10% of gdp. what the baltic countries did in 2000. it's a series reform. and with the west needs to put up is the package in the order of a billion dollars on top of the $17 billion of imf money. it makes this five or six years. >> well done. we will deliver the extra copies to your institute. [laughter] let me ask each of the panelists to wrap up whatever they would like

the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing today for tony blinken, the nominee to be secretary of state. he's currently the deputy national security advisor. you can see this hearing live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> acting secret service director joseph clancy provides an update today on secret service operations following the rezz i go haitian of the director. the house judiciary committee is investigating the follow-up to security breaches at the white house. the hearing is live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> here are a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people in person, to hear them have the panel discussion or congressional to ng, it is so important understand the context and to listen to the statement in its entirety. >> i have been watching for a few years, and i really think that book tv is the greatest program on tv. i just really like, you know, how these authors pick the time to not only present a summary of what they rate, but the moderator always does a great

. >>> this witness at today's hearing, tony blinken is the current deputy national security advisor, he's been nominated to be deputy secretary of state. if you missed any of the senate foreign relations committee confirmation hearing, it will be available shortly in its entirety at our website, cspan.org. now from earlier this afternoon, today's white house briefing with press secretary josh ernest. >>> all right. good afternoon, everybody. nice to see you all. i appreciate you accommodating the slight change of time today. as you saw just a little over an hour ago, the white house posted a video to the white house facebook page where the president announced that he is going to deliver an address to the nation tomorrow night where he will be laying out the details of his executive action to repair our broken immigration system i'm sorry. >> was that a thank you to zuckerberg? >> this was an opportunity for us to reach hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in under an hour. the video reached 1.2 million people on facebook, 227,000 people have viewed it, another 12,000 peopl

at least two bipartisan bills in congress right now, and unless i speed read incorrectly, at tony blinken's confirmation hearing yesterday for your old job, strobe, he said that the administration felt it was about time that we furnished them. so i guess my question is, what are the implications for our relations with russia and with our european allies if that does go through? >> thanks, mike. and, anders, if you can ask your questions in 60 seconds or less, we'll get two extra copies of this book. [laughter] >> thank you very much. i'll be quick. ukraine, of course, is -- [inaudible] and i wanted to add a sense of urgency here, simply. the ukrainian economy will melt down within four months if nothing seriously is done very fast. what ukraine needs to do on its side is to unify the energy prices and -- [inaudible] 10% of gdp. what both countries did in 2009. it's a serious reform. and what the west needs to put up is the package in order of $30 billion on top of the $17 billion of ims money for the next five or six years. thank you. >> well done. we'll deliver the extra copies. [laughter]