moving beyond politics to unite america. we spoke at length about the nsa issue.accuse you of over stating the case. the nsa is spying on all your phone calls and that's not true. it doesn't have cell phone data in almost any case. >> it's not what i've said. the nsa is collecting all of your phone records. by connecting the dots they have determined they can determine your religion single time who your physician is most of the time what medicines you have. they can tell when you go to the doctor maybe what kind of procedures you're having at your doctor's office. >> the wall street journal had a report that said the nsa is collecting records of at most 20% of u.s. calls. in general, they do not look at cell phone records. >> two stanford students put apps on phones and looked at their metadata they tried to dedeuce from other means from just the phone records, they could tell most of the time what your religion was, what doctor you were going to see, what kind of diseases you had. and even what kind of procedures you had. >> this program -- you get no names, no a

we have a citizens united america. we need to raise a lot of money.here is so many characteristics where he does not stand a chance. mark: do you think about bernie sanders? >> i don't know much about him. mark: martin o'malley? >> governor of maryland? mark: former governor of maryland. what do you think about him? >> i don't know much about him. he sounds like a good guy. i just have not really read too much of his stances lately so i can't say. mark: charlie? >> i know he is a bit opposed with hillary on some issues. i land somewhere in between bernie sanders and hillary. so it aligns a little better thanwith me. mark: anybody have thoughts on jim webb? >> i have seen them in interviews. he is direct. i don't know -- i have not seen them too much recently in the news. in htthe past, anytime i come across them, i have always liked what he had to say. mark: raise your hand if you think elizabeth warren could win the caucus. >> i don't think she could beat hillary. mark: ok. is there anybody you think that could beat hillary or she unbeatable? >> at t

may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪

assaulted -- solace to their families and less into the united states of america. thank you. nd gentlemen, listen now as the united states marine band performs america the beautiful. ♪ >> o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! america! america! god shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea! o beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life! america! america! may god thy -- god mend thine ev'ry flaw, confirm thy soul in self-control thy liberty in law! ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen secretary carter. [applause] secretary carter: mr. president chairman and mrs. dempsey, distinguished guests ladies and gentlemen, to our gold star families, the families of america's fallen heroes in attendance here and across our grateful nation, it is truly our honor to be standing with you on this solemn, sacred day. we, your fellow americans, lacks the words to describe what you feel today. because trias we

who does not understand that there are terrorist groups out there who want to attack the united states of america and our allies who want to do us harm. and there's nobody in the senate or the house or i think in the united states of america who does not believe as a nation we have got to do everything that we can to protect the people of our country from terrorist attacks. there is no debate on that. but what the debate is about is how do we protect the american people without undermining the constitution of the united states of america or undermining the privacy rights of the american people. mr. president, i think everybody does understand and should understand that modern technology in all of its tropical storms from the iphones to a dozen or a hundred different ways, that technology has greatly greatly outstripped public policy in terms of protecting privacy rights. by and large the privacy rights that we have on the books now were written years and years before the development of the technologies that we see right now. and it is absolutely imperative that as a nation we begin a serious conv

the united states of america did not create religious liberty. ous liberty created the united states of america. [applause] i accepted christ was 28 years ago the teenager at a nondenominational church on the campus of lsu. never what i think that i would see the day when my own government would try to take away my rights. i want to close this observation. i start off by telling my parent's story. my concern that president obama is trying to redefine the american dream into a european nightmare. our best days are still ahead of us. the reason i believe that is that our founding fathers that something important and right. they knew that the genius of america is not in washington d.c. it is in the freedoms they enshrine. they knew the function of the government wasn't too great those rights, it was to protect the god-given ones. the genius of moms and dads raising their kids in south carolina in louisiana and all over the country. we cannot beat by an external enemy. we must make sure we are not beat internally. this president does try to divide us

ladies and gentlemen, the national security advisor to the united states of america ambassador susanice. [applause] she received her phd in international relations from new college, oxford university england, where she was a rhodes scholar. she served in the clinton administration in various capacities, including special assistant to the president and senior director for african affairs from 1995 to 1997. from 2002 to 2009, she was a senior fellow at the brookings institution, where she focused on u.s. foreign-policy transnational security threats weak states, global property poverty, and development. from january 2009 until assuming the role of national security advisor, ambassador rice served as the u.s.'s permanent representative to the u.n. and a member of president obama's cabinet. at the u.n., she worked to advance u.s. interests, defend universal values, strengthen the world's common security and prosperity, and promote respect for human rights. please give a very warm welcome to ambassador susan rice. [applause] susan rice: good morning everyone. alex, thank you so much for t

. >> america believes it's an exceptional nation. the military power of the united states. america's power to cloouns the rest of the world may be waiting. we debate whether the u.s. is a superpower in decline. >> with everything you stand for. there's an element that united states lost the moral argument which is which it shouldn't be the superpower or is not. when we look at abu graib and the rendition, and the salt pit, the drone strikes, is that at the heart of it losing moral authority. >> it is close to the heart of it if you talk about a super-power in guantanamo. it set up a worldwide story, that maintains facilities today. outsourcing some of that horrible actions to other countries as we did during the war in iraq was one of the places we sent people. you are arguably not talking about a superpower but a frustrated nation. that plus ky wright and our next guest talking about disabled veterans on sunday >>> next - rebuilding a new orleans school where it shouldn't be on top of an old toxic dump. >> it should be a crime. for us to put generations of children at risk

the united states of america ranks 28th in the world in terms of a modern infrastructure. we need to invest $3.6 trillion to get our interest rate -- infrastructure up to snuff. the second thing we have to focus on, because of the age complexity and changing nature of our energy -- that is euphemism for climate change. we still have guys in this town -- i got criticized for saying one senator denied climate change, he also probably denies gravity. it is about as likely. whatever you want to call it, there are severe weather occurrences putting our energy infrastructure at risk. there is a need for major repairs, major reorganization, and major investment in infrastructure. this is important, not only for the economy, but for our national security. it is desperately needed. i can understand why my republican colleagues, by the way -- have you noticed every time there is a problem i get sent to the hill, because i am viewed as the least partisan guy. i have great respect for the members of the house and senate. something is going on. something different is going on and all o

and may god bless the united states of america. thank you.applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> one may betrayeth with a kiss >> in the name of love what more in the name of love in the name of love what more in the name of love? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ every morning april four shot rings out in the memphis sky free at last, they took your life they could not take your pride in the name of love what more in the name of love? in the name of love what more in the name of love? in the name of love in the name of love in the name of love ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: our "road to the white house" coverage continues with senator lindsey graham, hosting an event in central south carolina two formally announce his plans for 2016. that is live tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: monday night on "the communicators," gene kimmerlman and harold furchtgott-roth. gene: wireless providers are available, but they cannot provide the video streaming that you get from your cable company or files f --ios so the question is, where do you get more competition? that competition is comi

-- all latin america is united now in a kind of association of all countries of the caribbean and latin america. and now they have rejected these measures against the country of this subcontinent. the pope told me he was very impressed by this, these words he said. and afterwards, it was a process in which the holy has the dome and the holy see and the secretary of state and the vatican -- charlie: you know raul castro. tell me how he views this new relationship. cardinal: for him, he it is a -- for him, it is a political decision. when we have some meetings for the liberation of prisoners at the beginning of this time of the government, he told me he was decided to look for a new relationship with the united states. and he said to me, this is a political decision. we can live together. we can live together with difference, but in a civilized work, in a civilized style. then he has repeated to me that after the summit of panama, he has a very good discourse -- charlie: with president obama? cardinal: with president obama. he was very kind, very polite with the president. and ev

>> this is the start of a cause, a cause to elect rand paul the next united states of america. >> i knewentional ideas, but electing him the next united states of america is probably, i think, -- i think it's -- we get the point, though. let's hear from the man himself. senator rand paul! >> we will have williams to lead us in our pledge. >> right now we have to do the pledge first. how else do you smoke out the traitors? >> we do the pledge. but now, the kentuckian, rand paul! >> stevenson will now give the invocation i want to introralph alvarado. >> please welcome. >> please welcome lauren bottler. >> you are in for a real treat. >> i asked her 0 to come up and sing the national anthem. >> ♪ ♪ in the home of the and the home of the free! ♪ ♪ >> oh (bleep) that kid has pipes. >> that was amazing. i have to tell you this president thing doesn't work out, rand paul has a future as the next producer of the oscars. talking about put on a show, this guy came armed with four separate video packages, one on internet privacy, there was one on urban poverty, 30 minutes into the show i wanted to

may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ >> wrote to the white house coverage continues next week with senator lindsey graham. the republican lawmakers hosting an event in central south latitude only announce his plans for 2016. that is life monday at 10:30 a.m. eastern. the senate is meeting tomorrow for an afternoon the bill makes changes to the nsa data collection program for the agency to get a warrant and ask the phone companies for their records. the bill was voted on the senate next week but fell three votes short of advancing preauthorization for the program expires tomorrow at midnight. here is more on what could happen before then in the senate. tomorrow beginning at 4:00 p.m. for now, we are joined by stephen of "u.s. news & world report ago why does the senate have to be in session on sunday? what will they

the united states of america did not create religious liberty. redreligious liberty created the united states. [applause] governor jindal: i accepted crazed almost -- christ 28 years ago as a teenager. never did i think i would love -- live to see the day where my own government would try to take away my religious liberty rights in this great country. i want to close with this observation. i started off telling you my parent's story of the american own government would try to take away my religious liberty rights dream. my concern that president obama is trying to redefine the american dream into a european nightmare of dependence on the government. i will tell you what, our best days are still ahead of us. the reason i believe that as our founding fathers got something important and they got it right. renew the genius of america is not our government in d.c. it is not in the dream. marble monuments. it is in the freedoms they enshrined. they knew that the function of government was to protect god-given rights. it is the genius of entrepreneurs, t

. >> 30 hours from now the president of the united states of america is going to stand up and give thete of the union address. >> does olivia know the president of the united states does not beg? >> the president of the united states. >> the president of the united states. >> president of the united states. >> the president of the united states. >> the president of the united states. >> president of the united states? >> the president of the united states. >> president of the united states. >> president of the united states. >> the president of the united states. >> the president of the united states. >> the most powerful man in the world. >> the most powerful person in the world? >> i'm very powerful, you know? >> the leader of the free world. >> the leader of the free world. >> i'm going to be the next president of the united states. >> i want to be the president of the united states. >> i am the president. >> you 19 president of the united states of america? >> the president of the united states. >> that's a new record, i think. [ applause ] congratulations! the president of the uni

united states of america is falling behind dramatically its global peers in terms of the quality of its infrastructure. we have trillions of dollars of an infrastructure debt right now and the accident which we saw happen which the ntsb says would have been prevented should we had positive train control -- we should not be scrimping on investments in public safety of but what it's even more important to understand this as china invests about 9% of their gdp in infrastructure, america is only doing 1.5%. by withholding this investment in what america used to dominate the globe in now out of the top 10 we are losing economic competitiveness. we are losing out on jobs missing out on growth. let's leave the partisan argument aside for a second and say the fiscally conservative thing to do right now, invest whether it is a company in your physical plant, a homeowner, your roof. as a nation we have fallen out of pace to where we were in previous years in terms of investment. >> do you think the lack of infrastructure spending is to blame for this accident? >> i think the lack of infrastructur

of this, he is releasing a new book called "taking a stand, moving beyond partisan politics to unite america having me. >> senator mccain and lindsay have suggested this is revenue raising and likely to lead to a serious change that you intend. >> i think that's an unfair characterization. most people who know me and who have watched my career would say if anything they'd say i'm very serious about this issue. you can't have a warrant with the name verizon on it and collect the data of all the people on it. there will always be nay sayers and people who want to snatch at you for different reasons. >> so it's not about selling books? >> no, it's really to me about the bill of rights and the fourth amendment. sometimes my party gets all caught up in the second amendment, which is fine but we don't protect the fourth amendment enough. neither party ends up protecting the fourth amendment enough. >> there are certainly privacy concerns but critics say you have a pre- 9/11 mindset. they say they need this ability, these roving wiretaps in order to prevent terrorism. why not do that if it would pr

may god bless the united states of america. thank you.ause] ♪ in the name of love what more in the name of love in the name of love what more in the name of love ♪ one man caught on a barbed wire fence one man he resist one man washed up on an empty beach one man the trade with a kiss in the name of love what more in the name of love in the name of love what more in the name of love ♪ ♪ early morning, april 4 shot rings out in the memphis guy free at last, they took your life they could not take your pride in the name of love what more in the name of love in the name of love ♪ what more in the name of love ♪ ♪ in the name of love ♪ ♪ what more in the name of love ♪ ♪ in the name of love ♪ ♪ what more in the name of love ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ don't stop thinking about tomorrow >> >> today on c-span, "washington journal" is life next. followed by interviews with freshman numbers of congress. and then some of some of this year's college commitments including speeches by condoleezza rice and methanol right. we will talk to wall street journal nati

it is vital -- america's strongest chris when we're united not what we are divided, plain and simple. i'll ask you a question i asked congresswoman edwards looking at the decline of baltimore over the last 60 years. in 1960 it was the sixth largest city more than a million people now it has 600,000 and out of the top 25. there hasn't been a republican mayor in 50 years. do you think liberal policies have failed baltimore and other inner cities around the country? >> well let me tell you what we've done. we've reformed the cleveland schools. i worked with the african-american democrat mayor, we had almost unanimous approval in our legislature to support the most dramatic school reform in the north in america. i've been involved in creating mentorship program to sit with our children because that is the guts of being able to get them to see hope and the future and they can understand their potential. we are developing entrepreneurship doing everything we can to include the minority community in a number of state contracts when we build roads. we want them to participate. chris, at the e

the united states of america is falling behind in terms of the quality of infrastructure. we have trillions of dollars of infrastructure debt right now. the accident we saw happen, which the ntsb says could have been prevented should we have had positive train control, we should not be skimping on public safety. what's more important to understand this, as china invests 9% of their gdp in infrastructure, japan 6%, europe 5% america is only doing 1.5%. by withholding this investment, in what america used to dominate the globe in, the number one infrastructure globally now out of the top ten, now number 12 or 18. we are losing economic competitiveness. let's leave that argument aside conservative thing to do is invest whether it's a company in your physical plant, a homeowner and your roof. as a nation, we have fallen out of pace with where we were in previous years. in terms of overall investment. >> do you think it's a fair implication that the lack of infrastructure spending is to blame for this accident? >> i think it's costing us lives in america. it's costing every com

president, any man or woman who is fit to be commander-in-chief of the united states of america should be prepared to rescind a bad deal with iran on day one. no president of the united states should jeopardize the lives of millions of americans or millions of our allies. now congress could act right now to stop the bad deal. we could come together and assert our constitutional role and we can do so through a very simple mechanism. right now the current bill provides that if congress doesn't overwrite president obama's veto, a terrible iran deal goes into effect. i have joined with senator pat toomey of pennsylvania in filing an amendment that simply reverses that default that simply says the president cannot lift sanctions on iran unless a deal is affirmatively approved by congress. that is the constitutional structure. mr. president data to be a provision supported not by 51 senators or even 60 senators board 67 senators. that ought to be a provision supported by all 100 senators. what a strange development in our modern policy that the congress of the united states is content to eff

brothers and sisters, the united states of america remains one of the only major countries on earth, but does not guarantee health care to all people as a right. despite the modest gains of the affordable care act, there are -- 35 million americans have no health insurance and more are underinsured. despite that pathetic record, we end up spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation. in my strong opinion, the notice -- the united states must join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health car -- health care to all as a right. and we must do went through a medicare single payer program. [cheers and applause] at a time when millions of americans are struggling to keep their heads above water economically, at a time when senior poverty is increasing, at a time when millions of kids in this country don't get enough food to eat, my republican colleagues, as part of their recently passed budget, are trying to make a terrible situation even worse. if you can believe it, and this is true, the republican budget throws 27 million americans often he

the united states of america will always stand, shoulder to shoulder with the people of the world, one of liberty and justice for all. thank you, very much. [applause] alex kershaw: we are privileged to have with us today, very privileged, the united states air force band, the airmen of note, who will now perform a musical salute to all of our veterans here today. ♪ [canada[piano music] >> we walk with a different step and we talk with a different voice. and we love with a tender heart and we give with open arms. i believe every step that i take is my freedom that you cannot take away. i believe in all the blood, sweat, and tears shed to give to the world all these things. ♪ we cry for the heroes we lose in the fight. for the freedom to choose. and they die with honor and dignity. so fly your flag way up high. i believe every step that i take. is my freedom that you can't take away. i believe in all the blood sweat, and tears to give you the world all these years. ♪ >> i believe, every step that i take. is my freedom, that you can't take away. i believe in all the blood, sweat, and te

america. we're passionate about things like invention. more inventions come out of the united states than any other place the world. we find broken things and fix them. we work until things get done. we do not quit. we are americans. i get tired of the people that come to me and complain about where we are as a nation. i typically smile at them and say, why don't you get off the couch and get to work because this nation will be turned around when we engage. [applause] i'm aware we have a bunch of stuff to work on as a nation but that happens with each of us and each of you engaging and understanding we are americans. we fix things. so we get to work. couple years ago i had to privilege to visit with julia gerard. she was the prime minister of australia. very sharp lady. she gave a speech and at the end of the speech she ended by saying, i tell you about when i was little girl in australia everyone got out of school the day the americans landed on the moon. we don't think about that as americans. we know when the americans landed on the moon. all of got out of school that day a

it will be the first air national guard unit in america to get the plane, replacing a unit of aiming f16s. the burlington airport has homes built up to the perimeter. there are up to s on both ends of the run way, will itton to the south. a working class community. >> i've been in the backyards of people who love here, it is astounding to see how low the planes are over their homes. you could probably recognise people in the cockpits, that's how low they are. >> to get a better sense of concerns, consider the f-16. since its introduction in 1975 the u.s. air force lost more than 320 of them in crashes and mishaps. out of a fleet of 2,230, that's one in seven. if something happens with take off and landing of the f-35s, it is probable that it will land in this area here. it's a recipe for a colossal disaster. about. >> contrast burlington's airport why the air force base in arizona, where the aircraft trin pilots. fields surrounding luke act as a buffer zen. a point reinforced when within f-16 went down. injured. >> it's all populated. >> greco is not just an activist. she is a former

it will be the first air national guard unit in america to get the plane, replacing a unit of ageing f-16s. the burlington airports has hopes built up to the perimeter. there are town on both ends of the run way. north. people. >> i have been in the backyards of people that live here, it's astounding so see how low the planes are over their homes. you could recognise people in the cockpit. that is how low they are. >> to get a better sense of concerns. consider the record of the f-16. since its introduction, the u.s. air force lost more than 320 of them in crashes and mishaps. out of a fleet of 2,230, that's one in seven >>> if something happens with takeoff and landing of the f35s. it is probable that it will land in this area here. it's a recipe for a colossal disaster. and almost horrendous to think about. >> contrast burlington's airport with luke's air force base in arizona. the field surrounding acts as a buffer zone, a point reinforced in june 2013 when an f-16 went down outside the base. no one, including the pilots were injured. >> it's populated. because right over there. s

as i look to our future it is clear to me that the united states of america must lead the world in reversing change. we can do that by transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels to an energy efficiency in such sustainable energies as wind solar, geothermal and biomass. [ applause ] brothers and sisters, the united states of america -- >> you've been watching senator bernie sanders officially launching his presidential campaign talking a lot about income inequality. we'll have more on this and what it means for hillary clinton ahead. but we start with breaking news from a city at the center of the defining civil rights issue of our time. the policing of america's community, the cleveland police department today submitting to some of the strongest

ladies and gentlemen the national security adviser for the united states of america, ambassador susane ] ambassador rice received her ph.d. from new college oxford university university, england, where she was a scholar. ambassador served as special assistant to the president and senior director for african affairs from 1995 to 1997. from 2002 to 2009, she was a senior fellow at the brookings institution where she focused on u.s. foreign policy trans national security threats, weak states, global poverty and development. from january 2009 until assuming the role of national security adviser in july 2013 ambassador rice served as the u.s. permanent representative to the united nations and a member of president's cabinet. at the united nations she worked to help u.s. interests defend universal values strengthen the world's homeland security and prosperity and promote respect for human rights. please please give a very warm welcome to ambassador susan rice. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. alex thank you so much for that generous introduction. thank you, members of the diplomatic

you wouldn't think that here in america, the united states of america, that you have these kind of third-worlding conditions but it is here the government knowing about it and they don't do anything about it. >> the u.s. army corps of engineers built the dams and it is responsible for the sites where the makeshift housing is located. but think corps has no plans to build new homes. >> the next step would be another study. so the fact finding is to determine whether or not a study is needed. >> reporter: the dowel's dam generates thousands of megawatts of electricity every day, but the trailer where jesse lives with his family has only a wood stove to ward off the winter cold. >> look at what they have done to our land and our country. every dam like this ruined another native american's life or family and that's a bare -- a true written fact. >> reporter: dams brought prosperity to the pacific northwest but only misery to this land's original inhabitants. >>> and finally, a live look now at lower manhattan, one world trade senator. the observatory on floors 100 to 102 opens today. there are no