[applause] >> it adds up to citizens of government waste rating me the same in all the united states congress. it adds up to the cato institute rating me as financially most conservative governor of the united states of america. it adds up to being the first gotschor of the united states of america to actually turn back stimulus money at a time when it was anything but popular. [cheers and applause] >> i simply make those points to underscore a larger point which is i think if we are ever going to get our hands around a whole host of issues in washington, d.c. is what we need is leadership and what has been shown in my time in washington and columbia is a consistent willingness to lead on financial matters. [applause] >> thank you both very much. the first question is on the topic of immigration and goes first to you, governor sanford. and then you'll have a chance, also, to answer with one minute each first. senator lindsey graham and the bipartisan gang of eight has offered an immigration plan that offers a path to citizenship, awards workers and researchers who have advanced skills, while

the evidence is all around, even in the united states congress.dollars not on the planes and weapons that make this great country of ours safe and free, but on the kind of crap that this person here wants you to look at. look, that isn't what i said at all. i mean, i'm just trying to point out what should be obvious to anybody with the intelligence of a fruit bat, and that's the difference between what is really are-- what did you call me? i didn't call you anything. i'm just trying to finish my statement. well, ladies, i'm afraid we're out of time. you heard her. she called me a fruit bat. hey, if the shoe fits, you might as well wear it. you take that back, horse face. i don't apologize to morons. ladies. it takes one to know one. may god strike you dead. idiot. sinner. sycophant. you watch your mouth, you filth-mongering slut. there's children watching. watch this bitch. oh. [screaming] i'm afraid that's all we have time for today. [doorbell] why don't you join us tomorrow in two more fascinating interviews-- i'll get it. reverend tarbrush? i m

i was joined earlier by walid faris he's an adviser to the anti terrorism caucus for the united states congress he broke down more about these talks and what could have motivated them. but if we ask this question if we are in the arab and muslim world they are caught in fact in saudi arabia the holiest place of sunni islam there are conduct back in pakistan so there was going to be alone of course is not the measurement what is measurement are statements made by these individuals or posted by these individuals of commitment not to the religion not to pray five times a day to an ideology and the ideology mean that separating people between infidels and other status in the caliphate the usual suspects jihadi approach which is well known in the i wonder which is not well. clarified here in the west in general terms now chechen leader wrong son cause you're also commented that the sus on the suspect earlier today i want you to take a listen to this because we don't know anything about the turnout of brothers they never lived in chechnya the media is reporting that they grew up and went to school in

holds the white house their supporters in congress try to protect the president of their party but the president isn't just a president of parties united states and members of congress are just partisan participants in the process they are united states congress persons and what we have to remember is that both myself and ron paul rand's father raised this issue of the drones in the congress relentlessly. a resolution in front of the congress force committee a committee they have to consider and you know this is finally people are starting to understand there are constitutional issues here and good for the scent of the rand paul for raising the issue on the floor of the senate but we haven't resolved that we should you know this other countries are going to start to use drones imagine for a moment of china thought that it you know any other nation thought that they could invade us airspace with a drone as we invade other people's airspace we wouldn't stand for it how can we expect other countries to continue to stand by while we violate their sovereignty and territorial integrity and then on a domestic level we've got to worry about the domes

that was wally farris adviser to the anti-terrorism caucus for the united states congress a quick update for you we are just finding out now that there has been word and reports of a fire possibly on that boat we cannot say for sure or not whether that fire was caused by the suspect himself or by the possible flash bangs that the police forces were using but we will get those updates as soon as they come in now for more on the origins of the suspects family and the history of chechnya i was joined earlier by john didak he is a president of the group known as arc angels our discussion included a quick history lesson on chechnya and the western misconceptions of that russian region take a look at one of the persons that in. the western world you need to understand is that chechnya is a part of russia certainly going back as you can six people russia has been attempting to were forced. into then doors russia is part of the soviet union couldn't be part of the russian writer and should you know. that connection with them so it was originally began with an independent oriented. with regard to

under pressure from the members of the united states congress there has been a serious blow to relations and mutual trust between russia and the united states and we had to respond and react to the proportionality in attempt to interfere in our internal affairs. but you know what i find quite fascinating is the fact that with these lists here you've got no really high ranking officials names on the list for now but i understand that could change right you're absolutely right here as those lists which are which were published from both sides are just a short version for a longer list that exist and there are reports that there is a secret list and for instance the u.s. secret list even includes the chechen had they had of the chechen republic or bit of however a rushing that respect says that it also has its own list and so we see here that it is very symmetrical move but you know you talk you talk about these blacklists being local law back and forth between washington and moscow going to washington but it's not just blacklist those at the actually being laws being passed by these differ

. >> i find them a lot more advanced than our united states congress. they are mired in mythology and primative thinking. with that kind of power against renewable energy, there could be virtually no progress. >> progress is what brown saw all over china since his first trip there in 1986. critics say the governor ignored talking about many of china's problems. brown counters by saying he was there to begin a dialogue. if california can have that dialogue, it seems everyone would win. >> that is john myers reporting for kqed. so ends our broadcast tonight. thanks to emil guillermo and paul rogers and jaxon van derbeken. we celebrate earth day this weekend. if you want a list of events, go to kqed.org/thisweek. perhaps and an antidote of the news of the week, we have the groves of the red forests. until next week, i'm joshua johnson. good night. thank you for watching.

democratic party the act by congress was of course provoked by aggressive voting forces in the united states congressis itself is not russophobia it's just uninformed it knows almost nothing about russia most members of congress have no understanding of the international affairs or national security and when loftiest bring pressure on the majority members of congress you end up with a bill like this if it's changed and poison the atmosphere it's going to make it harder for example. president obama to make concessions on let's say missile defense to president clinton because there is this attitude that russia doesn't deserve any concessions and i'm guessing that if president putin would like to modify his position on european missile defense and i mention that because it's on the table at the moment it's an important issue that there will be forces in the russian political class that the world owes those problem isis to the united states even though the tip and tap that it began in the united states with the magnitsky bill both sides are now going to use this law for own political purposes will be gro

under pressure from the members of the united states congress there's been a serious blow to relations and mutual trust between russia and the united states and we had to respond and react to the proportion of what he didn't attempt to interfere in our internal affairs. now but you know what is certainly very interesting is that on the current lists there were no extreme high ranking officials at the moment from one of the number do you know that could all change the lists could get big and they could be some really big names on them right you're absolutely right here on those lists with that with the seen recently are the short version of the quite bigger and extended list that both countries possess and now they say that there are there is like a secret part of the list for example that one of the u.s. list even includes the chechen had they had of the chechen republic. and russia in response also says that it is also part of it a taint of part of its own list that has not been published so again a very similar and very symmetrical move here well indeed as you're saying but when it c

i know asa hutchinson, we served together in the united states congress, he's a balanced former member of congress. but he made it very clear that he was not speaking for the nra. if there is an opening, i certainly would like to walk through it. i think universal background checks has to be a simple process for americans who likewise are committed to the second amendment, and that's all of us, and likewise committed to the safety and security of this nation. first of all, if you talk to law enforcement, thomas, over the last year and before, they've been outgunned by so many people buying guns. after the tragedy of the incident in connecticut, there was a run on guns that law enforcement couldn't even purchase enough to protect the community. so we realize that there has to be some focus on bringing this gun thing, in essence, under control. i certainly think universal access to -- universal gun checks is important, the avoidance of straw purchases, and i think holding people responsible for storing their guns. i have hr-65 that holds adults responsible for having a real secure system

to the former heads of state who have joined us, the diplomatic corps, the members of the united states congressnd we're especially happy to see the familiar faces of so many of the bush-cheney administration. in the united states, the presidency is not just about one person. the presidency is about all of the people that join with that president in years of service to our remarkable nation. they're the people who never fly on air force one but who put in countless late nights and earlier mornings, who spend less time with their family and friends and more time hard at work caring for our country. the presidency is about the men and women of our military who serve every president and who make the ultimate sacrifice to protect us and keep us safe. the stones in the walls behind us represent your years of service. this building is here because of your service and for that, george and i thank you from the bottom of our hearts. [applause] a presidential library is not just about one president. each library is about our nation and the world during that time. the george w. bush presidential center ref

congress the act by congress was of course provoked by russia for its forces in the united states congress is itself is not russia which is just uninformed it knows almost nothing about russia most members of congress have no understanding of their national affairs or national security and law vs repression on the majority members of congress and this was a bipartisan and the liberal democrats progressive people supporting the magnitsky act as much as it did reactionary riyad grow and republicans you end up with a bill like this it's not about russell vote it's about it's about a lack of knowledge it's a bad thing in the legislature to pass laws on subjects they know almost nothing about you know it's true that the obama white house did not want to make this clear but he didn't use its powers were to leadership to stop. and so that's what you call a combination of a build up in congress and a lack of leadership from the white house and as always it's your opinion where interested and today at home we ask about the fall out of the war of the list between moscow and washington so you can go

but when the president defies the laws and the policies established by the united states congress and makes up his own as he goes along which executive edict and press conference and for congress to accept the idea that the president of the united states directs us, either implied or literally, to conform the law to the president's wishes, i would remind all of those people that happen to think that, mr. speaker, that we each have our on franchise. our oath is to uphold the constitution. it's not to conform to the president's whims or wishes. and it's to represent the best decisions for this country and to represent the people in the districts that we represent and we owe them our best judgment and our best effort. but we don't owe anybody the s wishes, will or orm to the whim. it has to conform to our best judgment, individual best judgment, collectively measured in this house and senate. and so i think a congress that will give up its legislative authority and give its power over to the executive branch by conforming the idea of amnesty that the president has brought forward in his

in our nation have demonstrated an ability to do and quote very few places including the united states congress that is where one by one gun control advocates have seen crucially important life saving measures taken off the table first it was the assault weapons ban that it was a ban on high capacity magazines those magazines that seemed to be used in every mass shooting in america and now the only thing left is universal background checks and that proposal will that proposal is just barely clinging to survival in the senate who knows if it will pass but connecticut still shaken by what happened at sandy hook they passed all of these measures and more the bill signed into law today in connecticut bans more than one hundred types of military style assault weapons it limits the capacity of ammunition magazines to just ten rounds and bans armor piercing bullets seems like no brainer stuff here if you already bought one of these high capacity magazines. you can keep it but you can't load it with any more than ten bullets outside your home and you have to register it with the state the law also requ

the act by congress was of course provoked by russophobia forces in the united states congress of the self is not russia for we it's just uninformed it knows almost nothing about russia most members of congress have no understanding of their national affairs or national security and when loftiest repression i'm on the majority members of congress and this was a bipartisan act the so called liberal democrats progressive people supporting the magnitsky act as much as did reactionary riyadh republicans you end up with a bill like this it's not about russia photo it's about it's about a lack of knowledge it's a bad thing we legislature passed laws on subjects they know almost nothing about now it's true that the longer the white house did not want the magnitsky act but he didn't lose its powers or its leadership to stop it and so that's what you call a combination of a no nothing congress and a lack of leadership from the white house and a prime minister in the russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said despite this latest spot there is still room for cooperation with washington do you t

going on in new york back in twenty twelve the united states congress passed the magnitsky act named after sergei magnitsky a russian lawyer who died in prison in russia and that act prohibits that what the u.s. teens were sponsible for the batteries death for coming to america and now it also uses financial sanctions against the russians on the list and today the u.s. government released a list of russians blacklisted from stepping on u.s. soil despite protests from the russian government though in response the kremlin has written up its own list of american human rights abusers who are not allowed in russia and who face similar financial sanctions now this back and forth has struck a blow to the bilateral relations america has with russia and u.s. national security adviser thomas donilon will fly to moscow now to meet with russia's top security officials over the weekend now r.t. international correspondent guy in chick chick and has the story. the black list includes eighteen names those are russian officials suspected of being responsible for the prison death of the lawyer sergei

a warm welcome to the former heads of state, the diplomatic core, the members of the united states congress our armed forces. we're especially happy to see the familiar faces of so many of the bush cheney administration. in the united states the presidency is not just about one. the presidency is about all of the people that joined with that president with years of service to our remarkable nation. they are the people who put in countless late nights and early mornings who spend less time with their family and friends and more time hard at work caring for our country. the presidency is about the men and women of our military who have served every president and make the ultimate sacrifice to protect us and keep us safe. the stones in the walls behind us represent your years of service. for that george and i thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> a presidential library is not just about one president. each library is about our nation and the world during that time. the george w. bush presidential center reflects georges role at the first president of the 21st century, like our new era th

the capital explanation and their explanation was there's too much to this of this in the united states congress for us to believe in the full faith and credit we should probably and we should probably elect to unite or as president richard but that doesn't escape from the fact that you want to five hundred billion with a downgrade of the bonds. here and here this isn't a cut for billionaires there's nothing ridiculous about raising the retirement age social security retirement age was set when people were living to sixty three years old the average life expectancy was sixty three years old so most people weren't even collecting social security because of what we should be cut out of medicare people don't get israel and people living into their eighty's they're collecting social security benefits for a lot longer than the formula is put in place has accounted for more we have far fewer workers now that are paying paying into the pay go benefits that are worth it tires even to the thinking about workers back in december the michigan republican state legislature in the lame duck session passed a m

now why would thinking people that are elected to come to this united states congress and make good valued judgments and good policy judgments, why would they be so willing and some of them eager to sacrifice the rule of law in an effort to reach out and ask for a vote? why would someone vote for someone who is willing to sacrifice the rule of law? it defies my logic explanation. but amnesty is a sacrifice of the rule of law. and once you grant it, it's almost impossible to restore it. i got to wondering -- >> i remembered 1986 when ronald reagan signed the amnesty law in 1986. i was operating my construction company that was 11 years old at the time, raising three young sons and struggling through the farm crisis in the 1980's and wyoming watching the news and seeing this debate take place that we have up to one million that are in the united states illegally and most of them came across the southern border and stayed and there was such a big problem that we needed to address it, 800,000 to one million that were here illegally. so ronald reagan, i think under great persuasive pressure fro

the united states congress. do it for those lost kids up in newtown. >>> roger ebert died today at the age of 70. anyone who cares about movies or great writing or liberal politics or great humanism and generosity of spirit and decency is suffering a loss. we will discuss his life and legacy later in the show. first very big news you may have missed. signs of a new front opening up in the battle being fought by this country's lowest paid workers. hundreds of fast-food workers went on strike in new york city, many walking out for higher wages and in some cases the right to unionize and one in brooklyn was forced to open its doors late to open the strike. twice as many workers participated this time around. you might look at this and say, oh, that's a rally. 400 people. no big deal. let me tell you why this is remarkable. think about this a second. put yourself in the shoes of someone if you're not in the shoes of those already, put yourself in the shoes of someone making minimum wage, for instance, gregory, who p

the least they can except from the united states congress is that level of effort. it is going to take that level of effort to get this passed. i think the leadership that senator schumer and senator mccain has shown on this will guide us to the very end. thank you very much. [applause] >> i want to say that in spanish. [laughter] >> i'm the new guy here. i just arrived from the house this term. i was in the house last week visiting some of my old colleagues and one of them said, how is the senate, who you hanging out with? i said actually schumer and dick durbin. i never thought i would say that. i don't know what this bill will be called in the end, we assure that it will not be called the flake bill. this has been a wonderful process. let me tell you i'm new to the senate but i'm not new to this issue. we worked this issue in house for naurm of years. i grew up on a ranch in rthe working alongside migrant labor. many undocumented immigrants there. i saw what they went through, i saw how hard they worked. i saw their motivations to have a better life for themselve

department within the library of congress to serve the legislative and research needs of the united states congress. the legislation authorized the library of congress to, and i quote, employ competent persons to prepare such indexes, compilations of law as may be required for congress and other official use. in 1946, the department was renamed the legislative reference service, which is today known as the congressional research service or c.r.s. c.r.s. has served the congress by providing reliable legislative research and analysis in a timely, objective manner. this year is the 100th anniversary of the congressional research service and i thank the research professionals for the work they do and the contributions they make to the united states congress and our federal legislative process. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for

groups of citizens and institutions all trying to act on guns, colorado, connecticut, and the united states congresscolorado has succeeded. connecticut appears poised to succeed. but congress, congress is not succeeding, and there's a lot to learn in why colorado and connecticut are succeeding. the most obvious reason why they succeeded was the immediacy of the horror, connecticut just lived through a mass shooting at an elementary school and colorado at a movie theater. support for universal background checks is 93% in connecticut, even in the more gun-friendly colorado support is 80%. also, both connecticut and colorado kept attention on the issue and moved quickly. at the federal level, what proponents are pushing is also broadly popular and they are also trying to move quickly, but in the u.s. senate, that's like trying to swim through concrete, which means the biggest outstanding question today, right now, is whether democrats will be able to maintain attention on the issue for long enough to get it done. attention is a precious resource in politics. it is, in fact, the most precious resource i

this deteriorating situation, hearing more than half cleared for release, as a member of the united states congresswhat are we doing? >> first of all, i'm a member of congress that voted against all of those riders and have always been very open to bringing those who do need to face charges here, including to my state of colorado. unfortunately, the majority of congress did feel a different way and did add those riders. look, i think in terms of the new restrictions and many of the people not being able to visit in person with their attorneys because of a moratorium on flying, we need to look at this as well as a fiscal issue. $150 million a year is the cost to u.s. taxpayers of having a facility in guantanamo. it would be 1/30 the cost to house those who need to face charges here in the united states in a supermax facility so i think it's a clear-cut case of being good custodians of tax money, even for those who don't care about the constitutional -- >> can you make that argument to republicans on austerity grounds? >> it hasn't done it on constitutional grounds. where it looks like cutbacks would

public support remained completely solid. >> bill: what about this disconnect then between the united states congress the american could congress and the american people? >> as sara brady told me and told americans for 20 years or so, if you can't change the laws, you have to change the lawmakers. and that's what we have to do. >> bill: it seems to me, will there be now a concerted effort on this issue against these people that voted no? >> i think there will be. i think that one, there will be a continued fight in the rest of this congress after next recess to have another go at it. and to see it passed. one thing that is very different now is in addition to the brady campaign we've been at this fight for almost 40 years but we've got the mayors. mayor bloomberg did great work. we've got gabby giffords and mark kelly and you know, these other organizations that are bringing, you know, a lot of money and a lot of talent to join us. and then the mom's groups that formed in the wake of newtown. these people aren't going away. so we've got more people, more money, more public support than we ever have.

you are ready we ought to talk about what we can do to stop gun violence measures in the united states congress hinchey said to me, i am ready now. the united states senate must be ready now to act as. it must keep faith with those families and victims as the world watches with benjamin andrew wheeler, age six. his father david is here today and he is here in spirit as we decide in the united states senate today whether we will move forward toward progress. anna grace marques green also age six. her mother is here today and she is with us in spirit. dylan hockley age six whose mother nicole is here. also here in spirit and jesse lewis, age six. his father neal heslin is here. mary sherlach, one of the six educators killed at sandy hook elementary whose husband bill is here. jesse, mary are here with us to map. and we know that compromise and action are possible because two of our colleagues have formed a bipartisan compromise that will enable us to come closer. it is imperfect. it is less than what i would have preferred in achieving universal background checks. it is a starting point. it is a

welcome to the former heads of state who have joined us, the diplomatic cox the members of the united states congressnd our armed forces, and we're especially happy to see the familiar faces of so much of the bush/cheney administration. in the united states the presidency is not just about one person. the presidency is about all of the people that join with that president in years of service to our remarkable nation. they are the people who never fly on air force one but who have put in countless late nights and earlier mornings, who spend less time with their family and friends and more time hard at work caring for our country. the presidency is about the men and women of our military who serve every president and who make the ultimate sacrifice to protect us and keep us safe. the stones in the walls behind us represent your years of service. this building is here because of your service, and for that george and i thank you from the bottom of our hearts. a presidential library is not just about one president. each library is about our nation and the world during that time. the george w. bush preside

party and this is why and when you are afraid to speak truth to power, how can you need the united states congressou can't stand up to a stack show host, then how do you lead in the most powerful governing body on the planet. the reality is, that a consultant, a highly paid consu consultant would say it's absurd. what the tape has done is validate, quite honestly, reverend and david, what we have all known and said for a long time and the reality is the republican party is run by and directed by these guys on radio and it's going to mean that they will never, never expand beyond it. listen to what he said, though, that it's not the traditional approach that the republican party would take and that's exactly what you have. nontraditional republicans. >> now, david, off the record, how did they get out of this bind, david? >> well, frank luntz -- and i've got to say, frank is one of my favorite guys on the republican side. we had a good conversation with them. i disagree what he said about obama's health care system being a government takeover. i think he's a propagandaist but he got caught here. in

and elect elizabeth colbert busch to the united states congress. >> let's get back to this ad. says he was at his ex-wife's house to watch the super bowl with his son. and he tried to tell jenny sanford before -- before he went. but he also compares his campaign to the alamo. he says, i'd ask you to cross the line and fight with me. comparing his fight to the alamo? i mean, really? >> well, i think just like the folks at the alamo, he's going to end up dead. i think that he's -- that maybe that is the comparison. mark sanford is the best liar to camera i've seen in 40 years. he said, for instance, he just went over there to watch the super bowl with his son. what he doesn't mention is he had gone to this house many times before. his wife had to get a letter from the charleston police department telling him not the come back. and then he comes back again. he said he went over there to watch the super bowl with his son so he wouldn't be alone. today we find out from the buford newspaper that his other son or sons were there. so his son wasn't alone. this guy is a serial liar. and

you just took the united states congress 500 days and even more than to re-authorize the violence against women act. something that already existed. something that is about as uncontroversial because it is about helping women against violence. congress doesn't move very fast. if you introduced a bill ten days after the shooting, could you have passed it? maybe. but why speculate about something that's practically impossible in washington. >> john: you were quoted today as saying mayors and supporters of survivors and outraged citizens will be letting senators know they're paying attention and memories are long. i love the quote. but in the past, isn't it true that the memory of americans has been rather short when it comes to gun violence. >> you know, for the past generation, there has not been much going on on our side of this issue. the nra is not all it's cracked up to be. there is a lot of p.r. going on but they have four million grassroots supporters and many are single issue voters. they deal with guns every day they hunt with guns and defend themselves with guns and my dad was a g

the number to call is 202-224-3121, the united states congress. 202-224-3121. do it. do it for those lost kids up in newtown. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, what is going on with republicans and women? rnc chair reince priebus just gave us his rebranding plan. he wanted us to downgrade social issues that drove so many voters away. so how is he doing it? by launching a full scale attack on planned parenthood. in an op-ed published in the right-wing blog, he attacked the media and planned parenthood worker after she was asked a misleading question about babies born after botched abortions. he claims that, quote, voters must ask the pressing questions. do these democrats also believe a newborn has no rights? do they endorse. infantacide. wow. this is a strange way to broaden the republican appeal. and have you seen the newly rebranded republican party? have you seen what they are doing in the states to women's rights? in alabama, the republican legislature just passed regulations on abortion clinics that will further curtail the right