that's just -- if we want the united states congress to reflect the united states, we got to step on it. >> if wone of your daughters tod you that they wanted to run for congress, what would you say and what advice would you offer? >> oh, and we have had these -- oddly enough, in our family, what with a grandfather, mother, and father who were in congress, this has come up from time to time. and i would certainly encourage it. it's not the easiest road. it's not easy to sometimes put yourself out there. but, boy, the benefits of -- i mari mean, look, you're talking to me and allowing me to be a part of history. there's not many jobs where you can do that. it's a -- to get the trust of your neighbors, to be able to make decisions with presidents of the united states and united states senators and leaders from around the world, generals, you know, i look back on my life, you know, the first persian gulf war and i said when i walked into the studio, the last time i was in the studio, i was taping a show for my little show on sta staten island, where we brought in all these human shields

virginia incredibly decent people are there who standing up to their special interest to the united states congress. >> good evening i'm from universal librarian here at san diego library am excited to welcome you here tonight and thankful you have made time to join a for this wonderful opening of this updated book originally published by jonas salk menu reality human revolution for sustainable future. i had the opportunity to read this book and i was completely unaware of course i knew the polio vaccine and i heard stories from my mom and with that vaccine made available that i was struck by the work jonas did in the 80s and then to think about where removed the increasing role of technology and community building moving through this s-curve. understanding 2014 jonathan started this effort to revise and update those ideas of the publication i am looking forward to hear him speak tonight about the contents of the book. one of the reasons were so excited tonight the uc san diego library is the home of the jonas song personal archives. thank you to help us with this archive of nearly 1000 boxes of hi

unfortunate that you have folk at the headquarters who have not been cooperative with the united states congress. david: it looks like what rosenstein is interested in is protecting the deep state and the fbi and the doj. that's what he is protecting because he's not releasing documents that you have to get from the inspector general. >> well there's certainly a pattern there. look at the redactions that we have uncovered just a couple of months ago with represent to the house intelligence committee report where they're redacting things that weren't trying to protect confidential sources or methods but things that made the fbi not look too good. this has to stop. this is very frustrating that these agencies continue to flaunt the representatives of the american people. david: well one thing you're doing is continuing with your hearings to try to get to the bottom of the russia matter. you've got an poornt hearing next thursday. is peter strzok going to be attending ? >> that's being work oded out rt now. he has been subpoenaed. conversations -- as i understand it, conversations are ongoing betwe

he is a civil rights icon, he is the conscience of the united states congress, the great congressman john lewis from the state of georgia. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, senator. i'm delighted, very happy, honored, and pleased to be here tonight, for robert kennedy represented the very best of america. i did not know him yet, but robert kennedy first influenced my life in 1961 during the freedom ride. back in 1961, i was 21 years old, had all of my hair and a few pounds lighter. black people and white people couldn't be seated together on a greyhound bus. leaving washington, d.c., travel through the south, seated together, using the same restroom facilities, eating at the same lunch counter. but i tell you, it was bobby kennedy who was so sympathetic to what we was doing. to bring down those signs that said white waiting, colored waiting. white men, colored men. white women, colored women. more than anything else, he was a sympathetic referee. when an angry white mob grew outside the first baptist church in montgomery, robert kennedy sent the united states marshals to hold them

. >> the inspector general works for an entirely different entity than the united states congress. will you authorize release of them to the united states congress? >> no, sir. >> mr. chairman, point of inquiry. i'm trying to understand his answer. my understanding was that the inspector general did not see what he is claiming to be his personal text, that they were requested and he delivered what he said was business related. so if i understand correctly, no one has seen anything that he determined, mr. strzok, determined would not be delivered because in his opinion they were not business related. i have a number of texts in front of me that i would say were very personal that we're looking at that undoubtedly he would have objected to turning over. >> the gentleman makes a good point. he may want to ask questions about that when he's recognized. first, the gentlewoman from texas. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i'm sorry my colleague walked out before mr. strzok gave his answers. i hate no one. i do not hate the administration, the president, my colleagues. i honor this nat

is there's one institution to be investigating the conduct of a president and that is the united states congressortant to note a difference of independent counsel and criticizing an the special counsel like robert mueller and trying to understand his views of robert mueller but in this video he implies that only congress is the institution to look into the president. take a listen. >> the implication is that congress has to take responsibility for overseeing the conduct of the president in the first instance. that's the role i believe the framers envisioned and makes sense if you look at the last 20 years. it makes no sense at all to have an independent counsel looking at the conduct of the president. to be sure, most criminal investigations are going to involve multiple subjects so we still need a criminal investigation ongoing but coming to looking at the conduct of the president it has to be the congress. >> reporter: now, this came in the context of his work with ken starr who was the independent counsel in the mid-'90s investigating the clinton white house. he worked for starr for four year

at this crisis in march of 1947, president truman asked the united states congress to modify its traditional policy of neutrality. president truman: i believe it must be the policy of the united states to support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures. only czechoslovakia, of the countries behind the iron curtain, had preserved some independence. after the war, the russians had to reckon with the popularity of the president and his secretary. they were liberal minded men who believed it was possible to be friends with the communists without succumbing to them. but, to the communists, gentleness is weakness. the country prepared to compromise is a weak country. taking overy for countries had been prepared and was swifter than before. within a week, all opposition was suppressed. there was another victory to celebrate. another victory over freedom. the president was allowed to retire to his country house. he died there a brokenhearted man. one morning, on the stones under his bedroom window, he was found dead. truth had ceased to come out of czechos

those issues g get resolved on e floor of the united states congress. edurally, the process granted to us under the constitution of the united states gives congress that authority. some people have said - -- d d't you believe this wawrinka meehan's the president? -- constitution is designed --'t you u believe this will the president? the president? constitution is designed to do that. dellums retired from the house in 1998. he was seceded by one of his staffers. after serving in congress, he served one term as mayor of oakland in 2015. he spoke at a conference in washington, d.c. i had a chance to interview him in a hallway behind the stage at the conference. >> what were you proudest of in accomplishing? >> one of the things we did, and john kasich, he asked me -- why do you oppose the b-2 bomber? i said you want to know? we can't afford it, we don't need it, and there are alternatives. he came back a few days later and said i would be honored to cosponsor a bipartisan basasis,n amendment to stop the b-2 bomber. , we didid something nobody had d done in

nothing demonstrative. >> the inspector general works for an entirely different entity than the united states congress. will you authorize release to the united states congress? >> no, sir. >>

if we want the united states congress to reflect the united states, we have to -- told one of your daughtersyou they wanted to run for congress, what would you say? rep. molinari: oddly enough in , with a grandmother, mother, and father in congress, it comes up from time to time. i would certainly encourage it. it is not the easiest route. look,e benefits, i mean it is a lie me to be a part of history. it is not many jobs where you can do that. to get the trust of your neighbors. decisions to make with presidents of the united -- of the meditates united states and united states senators, generals. i look back on my life, and the first persian gulf war, and i said when i walked into the studio, i was taping a show on staten island where we brought into these human shields that has gone hussein -- human shields that saddam hussein used to keep him safe. to have fights about funding, domestic violence, or breast trying to bring peace to the former yugoslavia. where else can you sit back and say, the glory days were pretty good? mean, it is an experience. give my daughters wanted to do it, you h

obviously the united states congress has a role constitutionally in a lot of ways, and he wanted to make that extremely clear. i mean, the way i just read that, and it was, again, underlining pretty darn strong for mitch mcconnell that he spoke directly to vladimir putin from the united states congress. >> said you better not do it again. >> reporter: not just saying you better not do it again. effectively saying he, the president might not want to admit that you meddled in our elections, interfeared in our elections, but we got your number and we know you did and america is more than just one commander in chief. that's not how we work here. there's more than one branch. >> so who is, jeffrey, jeffrey, to you, who is putin and also our allies, who are they supposed to listen to? the president of the united states or leader mcconnell? >> i think that the russian leadership perspective there is this recognition that this is a large body in washington, d.c., that is set against russian meddling and is very serious. there have been some additional sanctions that have been thrown in place. th

>> we could be looking at yesterday, somebody was interviewed by the united states congress. and none of us know what happened. it was in private. this is what happened in the united states senate, over 100 years ago. they would hold hearings in private. the press, i'm sure as a member of the press, you want to find out what happened yesterday and you would have preferred if the interview was in public. this is what they are complaining about. the press in the 1880s and 1890s, the senate should not meet in private. they were trying to shine light on the behavior. the implication is, sinister and terrible things are happening in congress behind closed doors. >> you are referring to the president's communications director, meeting behind closed doors. we should point out, we want to show the process as it unfolds. >> you would be the gentleman and lady's shining light in that cartoon. this next one is building the tariff for the republican farrows. explain this. >> the main legislative activity of the republican party was the tariffs. and a fellow named william mckinley was a co

. >> the inspector general works for an entirely different entity than the united states congress. will you authorize release to the united states congress? >> no, sir. >> mr. chairman, a point of inquiry. i'm trying to understand his answer. my understanding was that the inspector general did not see what he is claiming to be his personal text that these were -- that they were requested and that he delivered what he said was business-related. so if i understand correctly, no one has seen anything that he determined, mr. strzok determined would not be delivered, because in his opinion they were not business-related. i have a number of texts in front of me that i would say were very personal that we're looking at that undoubtedly he would have objected to turning over. >> the gentlemen makes a very good point and he may want to ask questions about that when he is to be recognized but first ms. jackson lee from texas for five minutes. >> i'm sorry that my colleague walked out before mr. strzok could give his answers, i hate no one. i do not hate the administration, the president, my c

even if passed it would still have had the approval of the united states congress. >>> california senator harris is hoping to offer tax credits to renters across the country. the democrat introduced her rent relief act yesterday. it would give tax credits to low and moderate income households where tenants pay more than 30% of their income on rent. oakland mayor likes the idea saying it would help many in oakland. >>> let's check in with sal for an early morning check of the friday morning commute. >> good morning. right now we have a pretty good commute in the south bay. we had a word of an earlier accident and the crash northbound 101 at capitol expressway from gilroy to san jose. most of this drive is looking good. as you get closer to san jose we did have the crash northbound 101 at the capitol expressway which is right about here. traffic is going to be all -- right about there. traffic will be light approaching the scene. the incident is on the shoulder. if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is light here and as we go to steve i -- i want to show that the flags the

united states. if we in the united states congress, let this moment ago by without anything being done about it? then, shame on all of us. because, when the president of the united states, he speaks in the name of our country. and we must act. we, all of us in the congress. >> thank you, so much. just highlighting what our colleagues have said about the important role of the , and ournce community national security a long time some in thed with intelligence community a long time ago on preventing hostile --ions against this protection against terrorism and other things, which have taken time. stage since that but all along, our members of the intelligence committee have acted with great risk to their personal lives and with great courage for their country. and again, for our republican colleagues to be frivolous about identifying them is really, so wrong.ery i just want to recall, that since the president made his statement in helsinki, this director of national intelligence side, the role of the intelligence community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments of to the policy

introduction and then the second thing is for those of you who know vermont we have one member of congress and to united statesators i used to be the only member of congress now i have to share my senate seat with senator leahy but that's okay now we will try for a third term. [applause] let me begin by thinking all of you in the book industry for the work that you do in the world that i live in, we communicate by tweets, instagram and when we really get the votes we will do a whole facebook post. so i thank you for reminding all of us in a complicated world sometimes it takes more than 240 characters or whatever it is to make a point and your work supports serious riders dealing with serious issues in a serious time so thank you for what you do. [applause] the book that i am writing, don't don't tell the publisher i'm a little bit behind, but we are making progress the theme isn't complicated but when i ran for president in 2016 what i called for is not just getting elected but a political revolution and what i said then and what i see now , is that real change never thought down despite what the media thinks

. >>> okay, we're going to keep one eye on that and one eye on the united states congress. we're watching a joint hearing by the house judiciary and oversight committees. the sole witness is the guy on the right, an fbi counterintelligence official who has become the focus of president trump and some republicans to undermine the russia investigation. peter strzok was removed from the special counsel, robert mueller's team because of text messages that were critical of trump. he's testified for a little more than four hours so far. there have been a number of sharp exchanges. they are continuing right now between strzok and republican lawmakers. let's listen in to louie gomert of texas questioning peter strzok. >> if you found this anomaly on hillary clinton's e-mails going through her private server and when they had done the forensic analysis, they found that her e-mails, every single one except for four, over 30,000 of them were going to an address that was not on the distribution list. it was a compartmentalized bit of information that was sending it to an unauthorized s

chairman, for the united states congress to respect the constitution of this country and to stand up or that constitution, and to demand that it is the congress of the united states, not a president, who determines whether our young men and women are put in harm's way. thank you again, mr. chairman. >> thank you. we'll next turned to senator merkley. >> thank you very much, mr. chas hearing. and under what authority to each of you you that we are currently in syria taking on isis? judge napolitano? >> well, i don't think we are in by any constitutional authority because like your colleague, senator sanders, i don't believe that either of the aumfs were constitution because they didn't adequately articulate a target and they didn't put in an endpoint. presidents of both parties have used sort of the vague principles that they believe are emanating from the aumfs to justify the type of incursion you are asking about. >> mr. turley? >> i i see no authority even unr the aumfs, that under the constitution. what it is unfortunately a noble lie, there's been the specificity of the targets wh

[applause] today is the oldest standing legislative committee in the united states congress with the broadest and best jurisdiction. we are part of the legacy that touches the lives of every single american. we arehat based on what part of when you think about medical research, innovation and technology, we touch every person in the world. it is easy to become jaded or to shrug off the work that we do, but tonight i hope you will take a few moments to appreciate the amazing opportunity we have to serve. ago, we gathered in this very changer when newt gingrich hosted a dinner for the incoming freshman. he told us about the history of this chamber and then said you need to understand this is not just another job. you go up those steps outside and look at that dome and it doesn't do something day thator you is the you should leave because it has become another job. what we do as staff and as members is not just another job. it is an incredible responsibility and opportunity. when it comes to the energy and commerce opportunity, you flip a &c.ht switch, it's e turn on your favorite tv sh

i never get an introduction and second you know vermont we have one labor -- member of congress and to united statess the only member now i have to share my senate seat but that's okay i took the promotion and will try for a third. [applause] that let me begin by thanking all love you in the book industry for the work you do. in the world that i live in me communicate by tweet and instagram and when you get really upset we do a facebook post. so thank you for reminding all of that in a complicated world sometimes it takes more than 240 characters or whatever it is to make a point. your work support serious riders with. issues in a time. thank you all very much for what you do. >> the book that i am writing, don't tell the publisher i'm a little behind. but we are making progress and the theme of the book is not complicated. when i ran for president in 2016 but i called for was not just getting elected but a political revolution and what i then what i say now that we'll change never comes from the top down despite what the media all about one person and if you look at our country whether the union to

protect their constitutional rights against the powerful, whether the president of the united states, the congress or corporate america. we are talking about protecting your rights, your health care rights, protecting your consumer the president of the united states, the congress or corporate rights, y environmental rights. what we've seen so far is reason of concern about judge cavanaugh, achis court opinions as well as some of his published statements when he was working for the white house. but there's also the issue about the independence from the executive branch. will he be a true independent voice to allow the mueller investigation to reach its logical conclusion, or is he -- that he's written, said that the president should not be annoyed by investigations while he's a sitting president? these are questions that we want to get answers and we want the american people to know about this. we do think every senator must make up his or her own mind as to whether this is the right decision or not. we're an independent branch of government. it should not be by party alfillation but whether judge

united states. if we in the united states congress let this moment go by without anything being done about it, then shame on all of us because when the president of the united states speaks, he does speak in the name of our country and we must act, all of us in the country's congress. --. poe: isis along time ago when i first went on the intelligence committee, i worked to prevent hostilities from anybody toward ourselves but also if we were to engage for so many things. anti-terrorism has taken center stage since that time. all along, members of our intelligence committee have acted with great risk to their personal lives and with great courage for our country. and for our republican colleagues to be frivolous about identifying them is very wrong. since the president made his statement in helsinki, his director of national intelligence said the role of the intelligence committee is to provide the best intelligence in fact-based assessments for the president and policy makers. he said, what the president said denigrated our intelligence committee. he said, we have been clearing and our assessment of

and should she be elected, she'll also be the youngest woman ever to serve in the united states congressalexandria ocasio-cortez, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> your win was such a shock, and it was because you worked hard. >> yeah. >> that's the first point you always make is that you outworked your opponent. >> it was all shoe leather. >> the term "democratic socialist" is a term that young people hear very differently than old people. >> mm-hmm. >> and i wonder if you could expand on what that term means to you. >> yes. you know, i often say that, to me, democratic socialism is the value that, in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in america should be too poor to live. and for me, what it really means is establishing a baseline level of economic and social dignity in the united states to say, no matter what happens, we're not gonna go below this level, that we should aim for every person in this country to be covered by healthcare, to have access to a full college education, as well as trade school, and to make sure that people feel st

united states government. in this case the trump administration is going to court to argue that the united states congress cannot, under the constitution, provide protection to people with preexisting condition against discrimination and rate increaseses are from insurance companies. now, this should freak out the tens of millions of americans who have preexisting conditions because without the protection that's in the law today, health care will be unaffordable and unavailable to the over 100 million americans who have any history of disease. now, given the importance that the trump administration has placed on this case by weighing in this exceptional, unprecedented way on behalf of those who are trying to pull apart protections of people with preexisting conditions, we have to expect, we have to prepare for the fact that this case may move from the district court to the appellate court and eventually to the supreme court. and if it does, this seat that we are about to debate will likely will potentially be the deciding vote as to whether americans in this country who have preexisting conditions will continue

because the united states congress ordered all government officials in all states, countyi es countiesd towns through ito ut through it towns town towns throughout america to treat all the same. a clear conflict of interest. she was required to recuse herself from these proceedings. the fp the case is sited on the first page of the guide. it held that a private attorney could not as a councilman and vote on land grant matters -- appearance of proper improprieties. where does that leave us the board's result on june 20 was invalid and one commissioner's opinion is improperly considered . another voted despite a clear conflict of interest. you should right these wrongs and conduct a proper hearing without commissioner wilson's participation. thank you. >> thank you, we will now hear from the permit holder. >> thank you again. >> welcome back we missed you the last hearing. >> thank you. returned from barcelona last night. i will be brief. thank you for your time this evening. the appellants have failed to reach the required grounds for rehearing. we don't believe there is evidence of a m

united states. if we in the united states congress let this moment go by without anything being done about it, then shame on all of us, because when the president of the united states speaks, he does speak in the name of our country and we must act. all of us in the congress. >> thank you so much and just highlighting what our colleagues have said about the important role of the intelligence community and our national security. a long time ago when i first went on the intelligence committee our work was about forced protection, how we tried to prevent initialization of hostilities but also if we were to engage how we protected our force. so many things, terrorism, et cetera have taken center antiterrorism center stage since that time, but all along our members of the intelligence committee had acted with great risk to their personal lives and with great courage for our country and again, for our republican colleagues to be frivolous about identifying them is really so very, very wrong. i just want to recall that since the president made his statement in helsinki, his director of national intelligenc

first started suicide was not discussed as a national public health problem at all in the united states congress since then resolutions have been introduced that called suicide a national problem and called problem and called for the development of a national strategy we now have that there was no investment in suicide prevention so we had no grants we had nothing to help the community what what would people say to you when you said you think we need to be educated about this twenty years ago what they saw what they see would say let's get going and so i happen to work for a senator who introduced a resolution in the rest is kind of history we now have a state suicide prevention plan in every state we now have a federal grant that funds you suicide prevention and early intervention we have now. one phone number of the united states that no matter where you are you just need to call one hundred two three seven three eight two five five what happens when you call that number all that number and you are seamlessly connected to one of one hundred sixty crisis centers somewhere in the country closest

united states is engaged in a massive campaign of deception that threatens to upend u.s. policy toward crimea, shank confidence in u.s. global leadership and override the will of the united states congress. this dangerous precedent set in crimea cannot be overstated. putin's forcible and illegal annexation of crimea, the first forsible seizure of territory in europe since world war ii, undermine's ukrainian sovereignty and threatens the stability of european borders. ack we essence -- this threatens the security of sovereign nations. who's next? muldova, georgia, the baltic states? it's the long standing policy of the united states not to recognize territorial changes elected by force. as dictated by a doctrine established in 1932 by then republican secretary of state henry stimpson. we upheld that doctrine with addition of the wells declaration in 1940 which stated that the united states would not recognize the illegal annexation of the ballotin states by then the sofe yen -- baltic states by then the soviet union. that policy remained in effect for more than 50 years. for more than 50 years we stood by the baltic states sometimes in the face of ridicule. today they're independent, sov

united states. mr. speaker, congress needs to listen to megan and her band of sisters and do what is necessary to make sure our universities are safe from sexual assault on campus, and that's just the way it is. i'll yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. may i have just a mr. speaker, once again, i rise because i love my country. i am proud to say that i am an american. mr. speaker, i rise today because i believe that when democracy is at risk and the republic is on the line, you have to take a stand. i rise today because to be silent could be concluded as being acquiescent. be silent can be said to be complicit. to be complicit. to be silent, according to dr. king, at some point can be said to be seen as betrayal. i rise because i love my country, and because i love my country, i will not allow myself to be driven by polls. i thank god that the great freedom fighters, the great wrong righters were not drive

it's a new low in the united states congress. what a shame. but, mr. strzok, you are under oath. the big tanding is republican beef to discredit you and therefore from their point of view undermine the mueller investigation hinders on the fact you sent out indecember crete personal e-mails about your political -- indiscreet personal e-mails about your political views on the then pending 2016 election is that correct? >> sir that is my understanding. >> you are under oath. i want you to say yes or no. the following e-mail. character matters. real donald trump is obviously not going to win but can still make an honorable move, step aside, and let someone else try. did you write that e-mail? >> i don't believe i did. >> no you didn't. republican senator wrote that e-mail. another unforgiveable sin. he should be here as well apparently. my wife julia and i, we have a 15-year-old daughter. do you think i can look her in the eye and tell her i endorse donald trump? when he acts like this? and his apology was no apology. it was an apology for getting caught. i can't tell the good people

virginia incredibly decent people are there who standing up to their special interest to the united states congress >> good evening i'm from universal librarian here at san diego library am excited to welcome you here tonight and thankful you have made time to join a for this wonderful opening of this updated book originally published by jonas salk menu reality human revolution for sustainable future.