, towards the united states, entry of the united states and at the time the united states in duecourse. lastly, mr. chairman, i have with all due respect would be remiss if i did not say on behalf of calais and the receipt i know of no other person in the office i'm responsible for who is more dedicated, more knowledgeable about screening. the fact of the matter is she came to this hearing expecting to talk about the visa waiver program and she was hardly questioned at all about it. i make no apologies for her. she is first rate. she is an american, and future it and i regret that he came away with a different impression. thank you. >> that we will be discussing. mr. rodriguez coming are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member, members of the committee. one of our very most obligation as public servants is to safeguard public safety and national security. that is particularly true when we are granting benefits and privileges. so when we give somebody a drivers license, or require a test of another person will drive safely. when they give professional

god save the united states of america and this honorable court. please remain standing for the presentation of the colors, the playing of the national anthem, and the retirement of the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please be seated and come to order. court is now in session. >> please welcome the honorable richard w. roberts, chief judge, u.s. district of columbia. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> all right. mr. president, archivist ferriero, deputy secretary mayorkas, director rodriguez, our brilliant students from the stewart hobson middle school in capitol hill center, guests and candidates, i congratulate you as you are about to attain your new united states citizenship. it is always a joyful moment for me to welcome new members, citizens, to our kcountry. today's ceremony occurs just a few weeks after our thanksgiving celebration. although in 1619, the settlers purchased their first human cargo in virginia to work plantations, thanksgiving traditionally celebrates the time after the year 1620 when in massachusetts the people indigeno

i'll tell you that we have an experience in the united states. we have done it with the aids movement. you know, the aids movement ... they changed the law, the way the business was done, the pharmaceutic al company agreed on that, they produced 35 drugs in 10, 15 years and they kept the price down to $18,000, and the life has been prolonged. i think we have an example when the patients get involved in it, the community gets involved in it, things do change. craig vansandt: to put that in perspective, this ght, the late 1980s, early 1990s, am i in the right time frame? dr. ghosh: 1980s, right. craig vanaandt: not that any of us are political experts, but my take is that the chance of getting government to make the kinds of changes you're talking about with the aids issue is much less today than it was 20 years ago. dr. ghosh: i think we need to go back to history. these were young men who shut down the fda for a day, closed the wall street for 2 days. they were young, they were dared, they advocated. they were their own advocate. the government i

the united states is like a lot of places on earth. once the borders were set, the modern states established and greater affluence, well, it is not likely that a man in milan or prague or dublin with walk into a school or a building and start shooting people. i will never forget the surprise of working in london and finding that a killing any where in the british isles will lead the newscast for a chunk of the day. it was national news. here in the united states, it is hard to imagine a killing in miami even making the news at all in georgia and a murder in massachusetts getting attention in arizona. america is different and the most discouraging thing is how unwilling we are to begin to conversation that starts with asking ourselves why. i'm ray suarez. that's the "inside story." bl >>> >>> u.s. police say a couple behind the mass shooting in california had a shuj arsenal and-- huge arsenal and carefully planned their attack. the world news. ahead the russian president promises more sampgss against turkey over the shooting down of a fi

the 13th amendment passes the united states house of representatives. ver, the constitution requires that three quarters of the states officially endorsed a proposed amendment before it becomes officially part of the constitution. in springfield, illinois, it was a matter of local pride. immediately after the amendment passed on the 31st day of richard ogles be of illinois was telegraphed with an urge to ensure that president lincoln's home state would be the first to ratify the historic puzzle. the next day at noon, governor ogles be forwarded the news to the state legislature along with the directive that the 13th amendment is just, it is humane, and should be approved now. by 4:30 on the afternoon of february 1, both state chambers in illinois had ratified the 13th amendment by large majorities. >> president lincoln was elected on november 6, 1860. 77 states seceded from the union prior to lincoln plus inauguration. for additional states seceded immediately following inauguration. a brutal civil war ensued that tore the nation apart, north against sou

out acts in the united states. we are vigilant about this threat and have taken a number of steps to prevent it. >> on the climate conference, even before it started the president acknowledged that the individual commitments of different nations would not be enough to slow the warming of the planet. if china and other nations dig in their heels and do not agree to the five-year review of their commitment, is that a sign of a long-term failure of the plans? josh earnest: the agreement that is being contemplated in pairs would be historic, because it certainly would make a tostantial contribution reducing carbon pollution. and the kind of factors that lead to climate change. hope would beuld agreed to in pairs, would not be sufficient to entirely solving the problem and that is why we believe a core component of the agreement should be a commitment on the part of countries who are signing on the dotted line to repeat the commitment they have made at regular intervals. those who sign up and follow through, with their

american -- [indiscernible] [applause] there are three threats to the state of israel and the united states. two common, one unique to israel. iran with a nuclear weapon is the nightmare of all nightmares for the world but particularly the one and only jewish state. isil and other forms of radical islam are about to take the king of jordan and all of our friends down in the middle east. they would attack our homeland if they could. i'm going to stop them. il in the go land heights is not a good deal. the third is the margelation of the jewish state by international bodies like the united nations. to the united nations, if you take the security council resolution and try to pass it taking over the peace protess -- process, i will defund the u.n. if i'm the president of the united states. to the international criminal court, if you bring one -- as a member of that court i will shut you down. to the palestinians, pick and choose who you want to be. if you want to be a -- friend you're not my friend. if you reject happenas and live in peace with israel, maybe we can do some business. all i can

. ♪ >> this is the big picture -- unofficial television report of the united states army produced forhe armed forces and the american people. now, to show you part of the big picture, here is master sergeant stuart quaid. >> throughout history, nations alliances with other nations to maintain their security and remain free from attack. century didthe 20th the concept of national security become worldwide in its scope. world wars one and two and the korean conflict proved beyond any doubt that when one free nation anywhere is threatened by aggression, the safety of all free nations is ultimately at stake. today, the united states aware as its role as a leader in the free world has aligned itself with another nation dedicated to the preservation of these and the welfare of mankind. our big picture cameras today focus on one of the most important of these alliances. as our guest narrator, edward r. murrow tells the story behind nato, the north atlantic treaty organization. >> this is the headquarters of the north atlantic treaty organization. 15this building come designators of the commu

it was, i don't understand why anyone would possibly want to attack the united states. we are such a peaceful nation. all we want to do is go about living our lives with freedom and liberty, yet people seem to really hate us and it's impossible to understand why. the question that was asked of the mirkin people was -- of the american people was the famous "why do they hate us" question, and the u.s. government needed to provide an answer because people wanted to know why they were attacked. the answer was, they hate us for our freedom. what's remarkable about that, that was understandable because muslims and their grievances have been basically excluded completely from public discourse. the reason americans did not know that is because they were not subjected to it. they were never exposed to it. 11 years later, here we are, after the united states has full-scaleo invasions and invasions of predominantly muslim countries, has bombed many others, has created a worldwide torture regime, has created a lawless prison in the middle of the ocean that has brought thousands of

the stark contrast with the president of the united states. great politics or something he will regret. christian first. >> it's good if you are trying to build your brand and elevate your personality. but ultimately it's not going to get you qualified to be put in park of the great left military on the planet and given the awesome police powers that are incumbent upon the presidency. that's why he does well in the pry mayorive season. but when voters -- going back to that howard dean example if you look at iowa where you have to stand up in front of your neighbors and our pastor and say who you are going vote for. judge napolitano: tammy, you are not a great fan of the donald. >> i'm a critic. judge napolitano: we both criticized the president's speech. does this make you like him more? >> if you like him, this is the reason you like him. this is refreshing. we are at sea. people are wondering where the leadership is. if americans are afraid part of the reason they are afraid is because of the leadership issue. moist's an existential issue as

to the united states. we have the largest, most extensively funded full-bright program in the world, and we have funded schools and funded 15,000 domestic scholarships and 23 u.s.-pakistan university partnerships. in health, i would just say that we have launched a hospital and rehabilitated a major ob/gyn center at a medical center in karachi, so we're addressing and focusing on maternal health care, which is a very important issue in terms of the overall health of the population. >> then something you think should be altered? what would that be? >> well, i think that it's important for us to continue engagement with pakistan. despite the challenges of the relationship, which are many, we believe that it is in our international interest not to -- not to allow pakistan to become disengaged from us. and i think we can draw on the lessons of history there, especially the period in the 1990s and late 1980s when we did somewhat disengage from the region, and we paid, i think, a significant price as a country f

a ban on all muslims entering the united states is this too far? trump's spokewoman our guest. >>> and the number of foreigners joining the fight for isis more than doubling. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. new evidence tonight that the san bernardino killers were radicalized for some time. that is according to the fbi. which tonight is also revealing that a bigger plot to kill may have been in the works. also new tonight, we are learning that an additional 19 pipes which could easily have been turned into bombs were found in the apartment belonging to syed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik. we are learning that the couple practiced their shooting skills at a firing range and practiced together days before the massacre. this is when they came into the united states in july of 2014 from saudi arabia. malik and farook are going through customs at o'hare international airport in chicago when they came back from saudi arabia. in a moment i'm going to speak exclusively to the attorney representing

running for president of the united states. you got to have heart for people, you got to understand why people are frustrated. you have to have a mind to be able to come up with creative solutions to fix the things that need to be fixed. you got to have a spine. you got to have a backbone. this is a tough job. think it's hard to deal with in town hall meeting? yeah, it's not the easiest thing. but lot harder to deal with putin or the ambitions of china or doing with the stagnant economy. you need somebody whose compass points north who selling to persuade people toward their cause rather than back away whenever there is any pressure. >> dickerson: talk about politics at the end here. six months ago people thought you were the front runner. your campaign -- you hated being front runner. >> i feel much better back here. dickerson: why did you hate being the front runner? >> i've always thought that there was going to be a high expectation for me, i totally get it. >> dickerson: because? >> because i have brother that was presiden

how much worse are the sympathys in europe compared to the united states? we know there's worse. >> we've been trying to track these numbers stance the start of the syrian war in 2011. by the middle of 2014 we thought a few gone from europe, very few from the united states, but it's a growing problem. we see almost double those figures, particularly in europe. in the u.s. the increase is much, much less. still only about 150 people or so who have gone from here, but in europe it's many thousands. that is obviously of great concern to the european authorities >>> perhaps to correlate with the fact that american muslims generally are seen as much better integrated in society here than in europe, but that's still 150 people from here that the government has to keep track of. >> we don't know who is coming, staying there, going to get killed. 40 or so have come back. it's a huge devotion of resources if you're going to follow all of those. clearly you need to find out why people have gone and why people have come back >>> a report that says i.s.i.l. may become

all strategic allies and assets to the united states. we can most effectively continue this process by embracing our by file deals -- ideals standing unapologetically for freedom and defending america in our country. by having the courage to speak with moral clarity to call evil by its name. by unapologetically defending america's interest around the globe. pulpit of theully presidency to invite others to recognize the rights of individuals respect them and to unite against the evil forces who seek to tear down freedom. thank you. [applause] >> good morning senator. you spoke about prime minister netanyahu, what of your experiences was traveling to israel and beating with him. i wanted to know why you met with him and what you got out of the meeting? you are also being quoted by the --w york times," about your you said it was the question of judgment, and then you said "that is the challenging question for both of them." did you say that and what did you mean by both of that? i have met with prime minister netanyahu both times both in is

, i'm very lucky that i have got a very good relationship with almost every institution in the united statesf america. whether it is the state department, whether it is the department of defense, whether it's the intelligence community, commerce or treasury or usdr, education. so all these are relevant areas. economic cooperation, trade development is another area of my responsibility. and i have reason to feel satisfied that -- that in the last two years or so that i have been here, we have organized a number of conferences both in the united states of america and in pakistan attended by very prominent businessmen from both the countries. congress is another important area of interaction for any diplomat here. i spend a lot of time on congress. i spend at least two or three days in a week interacting with members of the congress and also with the senior staffers because they also play a very, very important role. and i have reason to be satisfied that we see that there is a lot of positivity that is emerging in our -- in the u.s. congress as far as pakistan is concerned. thinktanks is anoth

secular nonviolent opposition to a sob that would have made his ouster of strategic interest to the united states by the time it was clear that they were at work. in june of that year the economist reported after rebel groups they identified seven had significant terrorist ties. the state of affairs that made me deeply cautious about any plan to train and equip them for as bad as assad was and is radical jihadis controlling syria would be a significant turn for the worst. nothing that happened last in half years has given me any more confidence that intervention to serious -- syria's civil war is an interventionist. it's materially worse despite hundreds of millions of dollars the united states has poured into trying to identify and train the syrian opposition as isis now controls a significant portion of the country. while asaad is consolidating his position of iran and russia. quite simply we do not have the sod in the syrian civil war. it's not fashionable these days in washington indeed it is not difficult to find politicians in washington who will thunder we must topple asaad with the same f

if the soviets were building nuclear weapons, more importantly, missiles to launch them at the united states were flying a spy plane over the soviet union called a u-2. >> i'm bill fox. united press editor in new york. a single engine u.s. air force plane with one man aboard went missing today not far from the soviet border in the rugged mountains in southeastern turkey. >> to a stunned and startled audience, khrushchev announced that an american u-2 spy plane was shot down over the soviet union. >> khrushchev made the wreckage a public exhibition. to the soviet union, this wreckage was a national cause. national outrage over the violation of soviet boundaries. >> and so, out comes the cover story. >> the department has been informed by the nasa. a u-2 weather research plane piloted by a civilian has been missing since may 1. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap by khrushchev. >> the soviet leader was able to show not only that they shot down the plane but they had the pilot. >> francis gary powers, an ordinary man, caught up in

united states.ow our attention has focused on the visa waiver program. this is an important program used by many millions of people. for legitimate purposes of doing business in the united states or travel for tourism purposes in the united states. for 38 countries, mostly western european countries, but not all. the problem there is that the process by which you enter the country without a visa by its very nature constitutes less scrutiny. so we have a bill that will be on the floor this coming week that will deal with the issue of people who have traveled to iraq, syria, iran, or the sudan, and who have dual citizenship in any of those 38 countries. so if you were both a french and syrian dual citizen, you would not be able to enter the united states under the visa waiver program. you would have to apply for a visa, in which circumstances closer scrutiny can be given before you are allowed to enter the united states. >> we will certainly return to that topic because a lot of the discussions about

the united states has had diplomatic relations since 1947. approximately 500,000 members reside in the united states. the us is pakistan's largest partner with 15 percent exported to the united states. in addition to the important economic relationship to the united states there is a critical ally defense and antiterrorist relationship as well as humanitarian an educational program priority in place. in october 2009 the u.s. congress have a partnership pakistan and demonstrates the us long commitment to cooperation with the pakistani people and their civilian institutions. in may 2014 the visit to washington, us and pakistan established a joint action plan to expand bilateral trade over five years. january 2015 250 million to help pakistan facilitate the release, reconstruction command return of federally administered tribal areas with counterterrorism operations and did so with pakistan is a partner in the global war on terror. pakistan has had a cooperative and long-standing relationship with the united states on counterterrorism efforts, p

so the united states has been playing a leading role. 've seen that leadership result in significant, specific commitments from a large number of countries, and we're optimistic about the eventual outcome, okay? john. >> thanks a lot, josh. the president on sunday night spoke about the important role that muslim leaders have in terms of putting up a message that you can put up against isis. and i wanted to read to you some comments that the l.a. director for the cocil on american-islamic relations said last week on cnn. he said when we, the united states, support two leaders in egypt or other places, when we support dictatorship in present regimes around the world that push people over on the edge, then they become extremists, they become terrorists. we are partly responsible. then he went on to say "let's not forget some of our foreign policy as americans, as the west, has fueled that extremism." do you agree with those comments? >> well, i'm hearing them for the first time. let me just say in general that the united states is an ardent

to the united states. we have the most extensively funded fulbright program in the have in pakistan, and we built 1000 schools and funded 15,000 domestic scholarships, and 23 u.s.-pakistan university partnerships. in health, we have launched a hospital and rehabilitated a major ob/gyn center at the postgraduate medical center in karachi. we are focusing on maternal health care, each is a very important issue in terms of the overall health of the population. >> is there something you think should be altered? what should that be? mr. olson: i think it is important for us to continue engagement with pakistan. despite the challenges of the relationship, which are many, we believe that it is in our international interest not to allow pakistan to become disengaged from us. i think we can draw on the lessons of history there, especially the period in the 19 80's and the 1990's, where we did disengage, and we paid i think a significant price as a country for that, at the beginning of the last decade. i think that

, departure towards the united states, entry at the united states. and then exit from the united states in due course. lastly, mr. chairman, i would be, with all due respect, i would be remiss if i did not say on behalf of kelly ann barisi, i know of no other that i am responsible for who is more dedicated, more knowledgeable about screening. the fact of the matter is, mr. chairman, she came to this hearing expecting to talk about the visa waiver program. and she was hardly questioned at all about it. i make no apologies for her. she is first rate. she is an american. she's a patriot. and i regret that you came away with a different impression. thank you, sir. >> that we will be discussing. mr. rodriguez, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman, ranking member, members of the committee. one of our very most obligation as public servants is to safeguard public safety and national security. that is particularly true when we are reaping benefits and privileges. so when we give somebody a driver's license, we require a test so

personal friend, friend of the united states, and a superb spokesperson for his country -- not only in the u.s., but cloverleaf. -- butted states globally. the united states has had relations with pakistan since its independence in 1947. u.s. is pakistan's largest bilateral trading partner, 15% of their textiles are exported to the united states. in addition to the important , there iselationship a critical allied defense and anti-terrorism relationship, as well as humanitarian, cultural, and educational priorities in place. congressthe u.s. passed the partnership with pakistan act which demonstrates and reaffirms the u.s. commitment to cooperation with the pakistani people and their civilian institutions. in may of 2014, following the prime minister's visit to washington, the u.s. and pakistan established the joint action plan to expand bilateral trade investment over five years. of 2015, the u.s. pledged $250 million to help pakistan facilitate the return of federally administered tribal area communities displaced by counterterrorism operations. they did so because pakistan is a part

then the republican candidate for president put the bar higher, proposing a ban on muslims to the united states for a time. politicians jeered the billionaire's comments, but his audience cheered. what do muslims make of the suggestions? they haven't done enough to root out streamists, or bar muslims? it's the "inside story". welcome to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. sunday night brought this assertion from the american president that muslims cannot "deny the fact that extremist ideology has spread into some communities." normally, that kind of talk would be met with the retort that muslims are not the problem, that many people have worked hard to prevent violate extremism from islam. but knees are not normal days. in san bernardino, california, in the last several days, it has become commonplace to hear that there is a problem inside of islam, with muslims, and the crime scene is deep thing that conviction. >> it is clear that the two of them had gone down the dark path of radicalization, calling for islam. >> reporter: president obama, speaking from the oval office wednesday night, calling f

she hosted both for state visits to the united states. e state visit for the field marshal who was unique. only once in american history has mount vernon, george washington's home in use for a state visit. jackie wanted to use mount vernon. she had just come back from a trip with her husband into the palace and austria. but we don't have any palaces. but she wanted to do something equally grand. so, in june when mount vernon was the sight site of a very special summit. a few months later, they came in november and a and they have now of course if you have mount vernon for the pakistani, what do you do to altitude that? so they went to jackie's home in newport rhode island to the cottage but if you've ever driven around newport, you would realize that it's more different than all of us. but it turned out to be a complete failure. at this point, they were getting on in age of a very tired and exhausted from the flight and answered most of kennedy's request and the short answers there was no engagement and then it got worse. after the stop of

to the extent that when the united states led the coalition to push the iraqi army out of kuwait in 1991 it got the soviet union on board with that campaign despite the fact that iraq had been a client state of the soviet union. with the end of the cold war and the soviet collapse, russia entered a period in which they try to integrate more deeply with the west and adopt more of a western identity that included an approach to form policy that was largely in line with the united states and its allies. in more recent years since the turn of vladimir putin, they have reversed course on this count and wants to reestablish themselves as a great power with their own political agenda and that does not overlap with the west or the united states specifically. we can see this in the middle east is one of the key areas that he is looking to insert his own rule and establish himself as an independent player and pursue goals that may or may not be aligned with the west but that russia defined on the basis of how they perceive their own interest. this is the context in which the arab spring broke out

-made products outside of the united states and to the markets that need to be delivered. so i thank, again, senator thune and senator nelson for fileting- for fighting for these provisions in the commerce committee bill that got merged into this package and to all the staff on both sides of the aisle from the commerce committee and to senator boxer and senator inhofe for including this. i know that many times i ran into staff in the hall and they said, yeah, we know freight can't wait, which was kind of a moniker that we had come to talk about because freight really can't wait. and if we're not shipping it in a timely fashion from north america, from the united states, i guarantee you product will be delivered to asia or to europe from someplace else and we will lose business. so the fact that the united states congress and the senate tonight has understood that our infrastructure needs a shot in the arm to move freight and to establish this policy, i know, is going it pay dividends for us. so thank you very much for making sure that that provision was in this legislation

how small it was in the united states compared to that. >> when did the last slave ship land in the united states? >> with the trade being outlawed in 1808. you begin to see the numbers decline. but you still see people smuggling in enslaved africans. the last slave ship that we know about was about 1862. near mobile alabama. the kind of smuggling that went on continued to bring in a trickle of new africans into the united states. at the same time what you see in the united states, a massive buildup of what historians call the internal slave trade, the domestic slave trade. >> the trading of slavery in the united states ramps up. you have many people moved from the upper south down to louisiana or mississippi or texas. it is a massive trade. the largest slave trading company in the united states at that time was right here in alexandria, virginia. >> we realize that the goal of this initially was to find iconic pieces of the slave ship. we didn't set out to find any specific ship. we want people to understand by humanizing the slave trade. we looked around the world for ships. we looked in

the territory and bring it under united states protection. that actually happened twice. the first time it happened was a mistake. a rather young suave, well-educated but somewhat hasty commander of the pacific squadron of warships had heard a rumor of war. remember, tensions were running very high. he was sailing off the coast of south america when he hears war has broken out between mexico and united states. he also knows that the french have warships offshore. he did not want monterey to follow into french hands. so he sailed into monterey very quickly and almost immediately raised the stars and stripes over the custom house right outside this building and claimed the territory for the united states. there is only one problem. war had not been declared between mexico and the united states. so jones was faced with a dilemma and the embarrassment of having to lower the stars and stripes and apologize to the mexican government. four years later, wars eventually declared between mexico and the united states. in july of 1846, a more well season

opposition toin his own secretary of state, each with the united states was the first nation to recognize the modern state of israel. it took him all of 11 minutes after david ben-gurion declared israel's establishment to say i had faith in israel before it was established, i have faith in it now. i have faith in the state of israel and have faith that it is one of the everlasting bastions of western civilization. a strong economy makes for a strong foreign-policy. if we look back at the postwar era, it seems several presidents, including john f. kennedy and ronald reagan, understood the principle. they logic is by reducing the tax burden, one stimulate the economy, and it brings more revenue, even at a lower tax rate. more money into the treasury needs the government has more money to spend on the military. a larger military the united states can project more power into the places that he needs to at the same time. a strong illiterate is the best -- a strong military is the strongest insurer of peace. it will be my focus to assimilate the economy and reducing the tax burden on and corpor

trump calling for an immediate end to muslims being allowed to enter the united states.he president's bottom line message last night in his speech, though, was that freedom is greater than fear. that is not necessarily hitting home to an anxious american public, though. while the san bernardino attack may have americans split as to their fears of violence, they are afraid nonetheless. our new msnbc telemundo maris poll which was conducted after the paris attacks and partially after the planned parenthood shooting, but before the san bernardino shooting, that poll finds that 36% of americans say they worry most about a terrorist attack. 31% say their bigger worry is gun violence in general. another 17% say they're most worried about police brutality. again, that was conducted before san bernardino. now, to be sure, there are serious political and demographic divides within these numbers, but the investigation into the san bernardino suspects seems likely to put americans on even more edge. the fbi's latest assessment this afternoon offered some chilling information. >> as

isis is one of the greatest threats that is facing the united states. defeating isis means that the united states and its allies must be more coordinated in our efforts to scrub isis from this earth and protect americans at home than isis in attacking us. this will require an approach involving foreign policy and the way our intelligence community tracks isis. foreign fighters who travel to and from a safe haven and return to wreak havoc in the west is real and persistent. when the foreign fighters go to these countries, if they are not killed on the battlefield, oftentimes they learn even better training and are able to return either to western europe or other parts of the world or even the united states with improved training and increased hatred for innocent people. that leaves us vulnerable. tracking foreign fighters and terrorist safe havens act builds on important provisions on the 2016 intelligence act which equires expansion of the report. this bill broadens this language to report regularly on foreign fighter travel to and from a terrorist safe

i think the tentacles of isis are not just in europe but also in the united states of america. and the fbi stats show that. we have 70 isis-related arrests, more than one per week. a thousand investigations in all 50 states. i wanted to tell the truth to the american people about what the threat really is and what the threat itself is, and that's radical islamist terrorism. it does exist in the united states. we didn't see this one coming. there were no warning signs or flags. and we need to do a better job identifying the signs of radicalization from within the united states. we also need to stop the foreign fighter from traveling overseas into the united states. those are the two main threat vectors. and chris, we're just not doing an adequate job to adequately protect the american people. >> let's turn to the investigation. this is what we heard on friday from fbi director james comey. >> the investigation so far has developed indications of radicalization by the killers and of a potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organization. >> chairman, is there anything more you

the united states and russia agreed to do this together. it makes it more powerful. the u.s. cretary treasury will address the united nations security council. go to the top to get the additional pressure. t the idea is not just cutting off funding, but closing borders. this potentially can be a powerful tool that will be used against isis in the future. this is about the economic part rather than the containing isis rather than military part. that will come later. >> vladimir putin is addressing the russian public on foreign policy. what has he said about the u.s.? >> reporter: he was just asked the question about the meeting with secretary kerry in moscow within the last two days. he said and this also addresses what is happening at the u.n. today, but will also address what's happening. sergei lavrov coming to the united states on friday to tackle the syria issue. he said russia supports the united states and president obama's initiative to bring peace to syria. he laid out what we heard before. part of what is important here, you have vladimir putin, who is used to getting

watch this. >> i can reveal today that the united states government has information to indicate that individuals tied to terrorist groups in syria have already attempted to gain access to our country through the u.s. refugee program. >> and congressman mccaul is not the only one who has sounded the alarm about the refugee security risk. the national intelligence director, the head of the fbi and several other high ranking officials have also issued warnings. watch this. >> would that bring in syrian refugees pose a greater risk to americans? >> i mean, it's clearly a population of concern. >> the concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on the ground in syria that the da databases bont have the information we need. not that we have a lack of process. it's that we have a lack of information. >> that raises a great concern to do proper background checks of the individuals coming into the country? >> yes. >> i don't obviously put it past the likes of isil to infiltrate operatives among these refugees. >> we can only query against that which we have collected, and so if someone has

interests outside of the united states.ct, this is dangerous and reckless type behavior that is certainly not presidential from someone like donald trump who is running to be the president of the united states. there also, you have to remember, another subset within the republican party of evangelical christians who are eager to preserve religious freedom and are concerned about these statements because they want to see people of all faiths free to practice their religion in the united states. so as a result these comments may work well for donald trump in the short-term, in terms of getting the applause and the media coverage that he is looking fork but long-term when it come to casting those ballots for the republican presidential nominee, the expectation is that this will hurt him in the long-term. >>> kimberly halkett there. still to come on al jazeera. the tiny caribbean island that's making giant leaps to become completely self sufficient for energy. and why a country with vast water resources is still experiencing se

the united states has held our bargain. the russians have not. just according to press reports, it appears the russians have tested a ground launched cruise missile. they have responded that this is a speed base missile which does not fall under the treaty. that is nonsense. the press release is also showing that the administration has known about the violations back in 2008. it took three years for the administration to report concern about the russians conduct. it took six years to find them in violation and this year the state department repeated the findings that they are in violation of the treaty. chairman rogers and i have made several attempts to the state department appeals and state department of defense about this issue. candidly the responses lead me to believe we are not taking the issue as seriously as we should. we have so far made no substantial progress in bringing the rushes back into compliance after seven years there have been no consequences for the violation of the treaty. we told the russians our concern and the response, t

ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john kerry, united states senator.plause] john kerry: madam speaker, mr. majority leader and distinguished colleagues in congress in both parties, ladies and gentlemen, and members of colleague family, our ted kennedy was born into history, he was part of history throughout his life. he made history and he knew history. and it was his respect for ed brooke's role in history and his personal affection for ed brooke that led him to champion this congressional gold medal. obviously we're so delighted that vicki kennedy is here today and his great friend, my colleague now in the senate, paul kirk is here with us to celebrate this moment. in one of his first sermons after finishing his studies at boston university, martin luther king jr. observed the thing that we need in the world today is a group of men and women who'll stand up for right and be opposed to wrong wherever it is. a group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong whether they are never caught up with, and some things are right whether nobody

years after the inf treaty was signed it remains one of the most important nuclear treaties the united states has ever signed with russia. the state department and numerous observers have stated that russia's developed, produced and flight tested a ground launch cruise missile in violation of the inf treaty. russian violation of the inf treaty, as with the violation of any treaty, would be a serious matter. i look forward to details regarding the weapon system at issue and a discussion of what its deployment would mean for russia in terms of its military strategy and how it would impact the security in europe and asia importantly. if russia is found non-compliant with the treaty of the united states in conjunction with our allies should use all the tools at our disposal to pressure the russians into ending these activities. while the question of non-compliance by russia must squarely and seriously be dealt with. it's critical the united states for the time being continue to observe the treaty. withdrawal would free russia to legally pursue testing and deployment of intermediate range missile

i'd also much difference between the united states now and the united states and copenhagen.eight, the poison chalice to the poor. explain what you mean about what the u.s. role is here and around the issue overall of climate change. >> the united states is primarily the bad guy. they are keeping an alliance of countries together, mainly the rich, developed countries. they brought on the european union with them. they are trying to rewrite the legal rules. amy: i want to clarify a big news headline that came out yesterday, there is the high ambition group that was kept under wraps, secret for six months. they unveiled themselves in the last few days. over 100 of the world's countries, led by the united states. >> smoke and mirrors. high ambition alliance of countries who have got no ambition. the united states, which is 1/5 fit of its fair share, the european union doing 1/5 of its fair share. how they can call themselves high emission alliance, what this really is is about trying to shift lame. if we go back to copenhagen, we knew the blame then was on india. now it is on in

harry truman, a democratic president, in opposition to his own secretary of state, made sure the united states was the first nation to recognize the modern state of israel on may 14, 1948. it took him all of 11 minutes after david ben-gurion declared israel's establishment to say i have faith in israel before it was established. i have faith in it now. i, too have faith in the state of israel and have faith that it is one of the everlasting bastions of western civilization. principle three, a strong committee makes for a strong foreign policy. if we look back at the postwar world war ii era, it seems clear several presidents, including john f kennedy and ronald reagan, understood the simple principle, the basic logic is that by reducing the tax burden, one greatly stimulates the into the treasury everybody even at a lower tax rate which means the government has more money to spend on the military. a strong military is the best determent for war and the strongest insurer of peace. it will be my focus as president of united states to stimulate the economy by reducing the tax burden on individual