constitution. the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment states, and i quote, "all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside." end of quote. i urge my colleagues, particularly the one offering this amendment pick up the constitution and read it. the 14th amendment is as clear as can be. the citizenship clause has been restated and established by four centuries of anglo-american jurisprudence. the14th amendment erased an exception to citizenship. we certainly remember the dred scott case. it was one of the provocations that led to a +seufl war in this country. we should take this issue extremely seriously. the supreme court has repeatedly ruled that the 14th amendment applies to u.s.-born children of noncitizens. what part of that does the author of this amendment not understand? the court rejected arguments that the son of chinese nationals who were forbidden under the chinese exclusion act from ever becoming a u.s. citizen could be deprived of citizen 147 because of his parents' status. not

united states. [applause] senator cruz: it is a time for truth. it is a time for liberty. it is a time to reclaim the constitution of the united states. i am honored to stand with each and every one of you, courageous conservatives, as we come together to reclaim the promise of america, to reclaim the mandate, the hope and opportunity for our children and our children's children. we stand together for liberty. [applause] senator cruz: this is our fight. the answer will not come from washington. it will come only from the men and women across this country, from men and women, from people of faith, from lovers of liberty, from people who respect the constitution. it will only come as it has come at every other time of challenge in this country, when the american people stand together and say, we will get back to the principles that have made this country great, we will get back and restore that shining city on a hill that is the united states of america. thank you and god bless you. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> on the next "washington journal," the deputy managing editor of "foreign policy" has the latest on the iran nuclear negotiations. u.s. mil

state. the term "seat of federal government" or "seat of government" is a term in the constitution. as our next speaker will point out, people of the united states did not refer to this place as the capital of the united states until the 1870's, except for a very few people such as -- not george washington, who would not use the word because he was so careful about doing things constitutionally. but certainly, l'enfant, the american, peter l'enfant who designed washington, d.c., and who i will talk about. i'm highly offended to hear the word "pierre." this man was an american. french born, but american. he was an american citizen. the pierre nonsense was created by the american institute of architecture in the late 19th century in order to claim our capital was not designed by some mere american slob but by a frenchman, and indeed a parisian. this was picked up by the french ambassador at the end of the 19th century, who was trying desperately to find frenchmen who had been involved in the creation of the country so he could have a second lafayette to hold up against the prussians who were arguing von steuben was more important than lafay

we have a first amendment to the united states constitution. this is the united states of america. we believe in free speech. and you only have a first amendment to protect the speech with which we disagree and we can disagree vehemently but it's speech that is protected by the constitution. now, it can be hateful speech racist speech but guess what? free speech on a bus does not apply only to white students. i could imagine black students on a bus to the million man march, racist march chanting similar anti-white chants. would they be expelled because of their speech as hateful? would the president of the university of oklahoma feel hurt, have a sleepless night because black students don't like whiteys? i remember the chant. whitey white power, black power, get your mama. i mean that can chill people. that can hurt their feelings. but hurt feelings sleepless nights is not a basis for violating the first amendment to the united states constitution. >> jeff toobin i know your opinion has changed several times today. >> three times today. i think this is a hard question. ultimately i

. >> resolution authorizing the general manager of the united states constitution to check out an amendment to water water enterprise for the improvement project number cf 411 r for the replacement project in the amount not to exceed $68 million. >> thanks for puc for being here. >> good morning supervisors i'm dan the water system improvement director sfpuc i'm here to talk about two items i'll pause between the items the first construction services agreement amendment with black and beach corporate with the respect process that is an agenda four and pause for the next item but speak to the construction services professional agreement with hatch mcdonald and all of them are critical projects for the part of $4.80 billion prompt program this slide shows the water system serves san francisco which includes 2 hundred 6 million people in the bay area including the san franciscans and folks outside the san francisco bay area that is shown in orange and the two projects that we're speaking 6 circled in red which is the first place that the regional water in the bay area has the reservoirs merge

united states. [applause] [applause] >> it is a time for truth. it is the time for liberty. [applause] it is a time to reclaim the constitutiontes. [applause] i am honored to stand with each and every one of you courageous conservatives as we come together to reclaim the promise of america to reclaim a mandate, the hope and opportunity for our children and our children's children. we stand together for liberty. [applause] this is our fight. the answer will not come from washington. it will come only from the men and women across this country from men and women, from people of faith, from lovers of liberty, for people who respect the constitution. it will only come as it has come at every other kind of challenge in this country, when the american people stand together and say we will get back to the principles that have made this country great. we will get back and restore that shining city on a hill. that is the united states of america. thank you and god bless you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> senator cruz the first to officially thrown his hat in the ring for the 2016 presi

one of the major differences between the united states constitution the confederacy got the attrition -- there is a six year term for president. i don't think they went to war over that. a major difference is the issue of the approach to the national commitment of slavery. there were a number of characteristics that field this. when someone does not have the personal connection to the war stands back and says look, and they see the confederacy, they do not see as as young men wanting to defend their homes, they see a government committed to the sus is -- sustenance of white supremacy and slavery in america. all people see it that way, but some do. getting back to this question of policy. union soldiers who marched into town in april of 1865, racist union soldiers, who may have hated black people, some of them. they marched for freedom. not because they were motivated by that, but because the government that they were fighting for have establish that -- establish that is what is the as one of the purposes of war. our job, in part, is help people on table these very tangled up things. o

cause to believe the cdp engaged in the practice of excessive force in violation of the united states constitution. we have determined that the structural deficiencies and practices in insufficient accountability, in adequate training and policies and inactive engagement with the community which conattribute to unreasonable force. my question is this, what should we do? i believe this department meets the oversight from the federal government. it's not enough to say the community is not coming forth. i don't know if people remember ray jameson. his name end up in the newspaper. leaked in all these things happened and not only he died, his family was threatened and people who knew him were threatened and it created another point in hunters point and bayview. i don't think it's our mayor or commission or supervisors should resist that because in other cities like seattle, san antonio, they welcome the department of justice. they under that their hands are tied like chief fung used to say. if our chief is limited, he needs help. we don't need to keep trying to figure this thing out. the federal gover

famous letter by senator cotton to the iranians conveying to them the realities of the united states constitution and the situation as it will prevail hopefully, and that is that the congress of the united states must ratify any agreement between the united states and iran and anybody that says we shouldn't ignores history and ignores the impact of this treaty. i signed that letter and i believe that it is a direct result of the president's statement that he would veto any role that the united states congress should play in the ratification or nonratification of a pending agreement. and that is what triggered the letter from senator cotton and that's why i stand by it. 71% of the americans believe negotiations with tehran will not make a difference in preventing iran from producing nuclear weapons. mr. president, 71% of the american people are right. now, i'd like to talk with my friend from south carolina about the situation in iraq today specifically the role that iran is playing and even more specifically the combat that's taking place around the city of tikrit. tikrit is the hometown of sadda

united states. time to reclaim the constitution of the united states. [ applause ] i am honored to stand with each andous conservatives as we come together to reclaim the promise of america, to reclaim the mandate, the hope and opportunity for our children and our children's children we stand together for liberty. this is our fight. the answer will not come from washington. it will come from men and women across this country. from people of faith, from lovers of liberty. from people who respect the constitution. it will only come as it has come at every other time of challenge in this country when the american people stand together and say we will get back to the principles that have made this country great. we will get back and restore that shining city on a hill that is the united states of america. thank you and god bless you. [ applause ] >> we're going to break away. you heard ted cruz indeed running for president. he wants to be president of the united states in 2016. our cnn senior washington correspondent is at the speech. in many ways he was preaching to the choir, correct? most students soun

speedy trial for the ethical clearly overlooked is so process or one could say that the united states constitution which of the state constitution a day of the week. >>reporter: is frustrating bolometers is the month's worth the trial. wear no clothes should try and down the we were way back in the beginning i think the d.a. has of responsibility to bring this thing to trial and get this group also the family that the move forward with their lives that cannot really do that under these circumstances. >>reporter: had did not and had any particular lead test back covering every place that will be a reasonable expectation that nobody could be hit or buried. . >>reporter: a lot of people are going to keep looking. they're very dedicated and are going to be doing it differently their lobby for is giving the assistance or support the bay had before less hope then someone find something. he is wanted to kron 4 while if you have something you like to ask the head to the kron 4 facebook page and thank you again for joining us. >>reporter: and other knows a stretch of highway 4 in the east they will be shut

the president of the united states violated the constitutional separation of powers. regardless of how you feel about immigration or immigration reform or even amnesty, surely you believe in the united states constitution that you swore an oath to. surely you believe in this institution that we're debating in today. he said 22 times he did not have the power to unilaterally make law or change the law, but yet that's in fact what he did. that's why this debate is so important today. it really has nothing to do with d.h.s. funding, amnesty or immigration. that's the vehicle we're using, sure but it has everything to do with the united states constitution and that sacred separation of powers says the executive branch executes the laws, we make the law in this chamber we have the only constitutional authority to do that and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle

constitution. what in the world is going to unfold here next? >> well the president -- i have a lot of respect for the office of president of the united states. but the president is not also congress. he views himself too often as a monarch. the united states constitution, which we all took up an oath to up hold and defend -- just because the president calls a deal with iran an executive agreement doesn't mean that you can subvert the constitution and not give congress the ability tool weigh in. >> does it confound you congressman, that at the same time you and republicans are saying these things you're insisting the president have trade promotion authority that would permit him to proceed with the transpacific partnership treaty without congressional oversight. which by the way, he's denied sunlight. sunshine being permitted upon the pages of those documents for the agreement. the imperial presidency wasn't created by obama. he's taking it as he put it by his expanded powers beyond anything previously envisioned. this has been republicans and democrats alike creating this vast imperial presidency that is now imperious. >> as far as the tpa le

to think those senators and senator cotton in particular could have clipped out of the united states constitution and send it to a iran. he said there is a number of ways we negotiate, we do treaties which require the united states senate to sign that we do an agreement. that is what this is with the president. this is an agreement between the president of the united states and the ayatollah. i support the united states as a body. and certainly the next dozens of the united states will not be held accountable by this president in signing an agreement that i don't think it's in the u.s. is test interest and certainly not in isarael's best interest. >> [inaudible] how would you see education could to beating to the future -- contributing to the each of our nation? mr. perry: i'm pretty simple about k-12 as a potential candidate for the united states. i think that needs to be left to the states. i think your governor, your legislature working with your school administrators, teachers, parents, a substantially better place for a curriculum to be developed than a one-size-fits-all out of washington. t

one of the major differences between the united states constitution the confederacy got the attrition -- there is a six year term for president. i don't think they went to war over that. a major difference is the issue of the approach to the national commitment of slavery. there were a number of characteristics that field this. when someone does not have the personal connection to the war stands back and says look, and they see the confederacy, they do not see as as young men wanting to defend their homes, they see a government committed to the sus is -- sustenance of white supremacy and slavery in america. all people see it that way, but some do. getting back to this question of policy. union soldiers who marched into town in april of 1865, racist union soldiers, who may have hated black people, some of them. they marched for freedom. not because they were motivated by that, but because the government that they were fighting for have establish that -- establish that is what is the as one of the purposes of war. our job, in part, is help people on table these very tangled up things. o

wouldn't make the practice he describes one bit more illegal but it would change the constitution of the united states by simple passage of the senate, not as an amendment to the constitution. this isn't the time and this isn't the place for an amendment attacking birthright citizenship. a bill isn't the place or the venue to change the constitution. a bill on human trafficking isn't the time for a measure that might increase human trafficking. and frankly madam president for someone who wants limited government they shouldn't put the department of homeland security in the delivery room. just another attack on immigrants that is against american values and in this case against our constitution. we can do far better than that. and with that, madam president i yield the floor and observe the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president i ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: madam president i rise today to speak in support of t

but i defend the first amendment of the united states constitution. ey can act up until the point where they violate these people's constitutional rights. adversity doesn't build character. it reveals character. how closely we embrace the amendments of our constitution in light of conduct -- i'd like to take those guys out and beat the living daylights out of them for what they did. >> so does that football player who went online that night that said, how dare you come to my football game and shake my hand and bro me up because you destroyed it for everyone else. >> there is case law about this. in george mason university a couple of years ago throughout a fraternity house, they were doing similar type conduct, albeit not as bad. the fourth circuit court of appeals, the trial court held for the fraternity house. the fourth circuit court of appeals in richmond held that the first amendment protects the speech and that the university, albeit acting properly, violated their -- >> two quick points. the first point is this. number one, i understand that cas

those senators and senator cotton in particular, he basically could have clipped out of the united states constitutionnd sent it to iran. he said there is a number of ways we negotiate, we do treaties which require the united states senate to sign that we do an agreement. that is what this is with the president. this is an agreement between the president of the united states and the ayatollah, that is what the letter says. nothing more, nothing less. here is how the united states works. i support that, but more importantly i support the clear that the united states as a body and certainly the next president will not be held accountable to this president to sign an agreement that i've not think is in the united states best interest. >> [inaudible] i know your philosophy is on education, k-12 and higher education, how you will see it intervening to the future of our nation? governor perry: k-12 needs to be left to the states. i do not think there is much of a role at all for the federal government. i think your governor, your legislature working with your school administrators, teachers, and your parent

it's interesting to be criticized about a letter that quotes the united states constitution.ys, there's been a lot made about this letter to try to distract from the underlying issue, which the administration does not want congress to have a say on something so important when it comes to security of the united states of america, and that strikes me as not right within our system, and certainly not what i would hope my constituents would want to us have a say on it given that if they -- there's a weak agreement, this is something that has grave implications and they're allowed to get a nuclear bomb. >> senator, mitt romney in "usa today" says he thinks the president will cobble together a deal with iran, but that will be a bad deal but that he'll get good play from it and it will help hillary clinton, assuming she is the nominee. i guess by extension he is saying the main treat media would play it as a big victory for the administration. what do you think of that? >> what i think is that a good deal is a blessing, a bad deal is a nightmare. what we heard about the deal, let's

police department engaged in a pattern or practice of unlawful conduct that violates the united states constitution and federal law. the department of justice began their investigation of the ferguson police department on september 4, 2014. during the past six months city officials have cooperated with the department of justice to supply tens of thousands of documents which included thousands of e-mails from 75 employees of the city of ferguson and other electronic materials from the ferguson police department. the city also arranged ride alongs for department of justice investigators to observe ferguson police officers while on duty. during the meeting on tuesday the department of justice officials informed the city of ferguson that the review of city e-mails uncovered explicit racial bias by three individuals who are employed by the city of ferguson police department. let me be clear. this type of behavior will not be tolerated and the ferguson police department or any department in the city of ferguson. immediately upon leaving that meeting the three individuals were placed on administrative lea

united states. [applause] [applause] [applause] senator cruz: it is a time for truth. it is a time for liberty. it is a time to reclaim the constitutionf the united states. i am honored to stand with each and every one of you courageous conservatives as we come together to reclaim the promise of america, to reclaim the mandate the hope and opportunity for our children and our children's children. we stand together for liberty. [applause] senator cruz: this is our fight. the answer will not come from washington. it will come only from the men and women across this country from men and women from people of faith, from lovers of liberty, from people who respect the constitution. it will only come as it has come at every other time of challenge from this country, when the american people stand together and say, we will get back to the principles that have made this country great, we will get back and restore that shining city on a hill that is the united states of america. thank you and god bless you. [applause] ♪ >> well, when you want your presidential campaign announcement is to show the country who you are and what you are about and w

i have been focused for several congresses on a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. it is vitally important, and not my idea. thomas jefferson was the first one to call for what we are trying to accomplish today. we pass into to the house, and came within one vote from passing in the senate back in the 1990's. unfortunately, support from democrats has left. on that occasion, 72 democrats voted for it and gave us the two thirds vote we needed. the last congress only got 25 democrats. we need to continue to press this case. one of the things that helps and -- in that is the direct recognition on the part of states that the fiscal mess in washington d.c. affects them in various ways. one of the accounts says that 25 -- one of the counts, and there can be disputes, one of the accounts says that 25 states including south dakota which just last week passed a call for a constitutional convention. i know there are four or five other states that are actively looking at doing that right now. i think that is a good process because it reflects the states concerned that i share

>> first of all guantanamo bay was a shyster's ploy to avoid the united states constitution opening itas a scandal, a stain on our history of being a fair and just nation. melissa: what would you like to have done with the people? >> try them federal court. put them six floors underground in the colorado maximum security federal prison. to hold them without charges, what the hell are we supposed to do? hold them until they die of old age? melissa: let's let colonel cowan respond to that. >> i'm okay for putting them six floors underground in a prison. the problem if we put them through the judicial system, all the intelligence we gathered has to be laid out as evidence prosecuting them. that is the issue. how much do we give up on information on these guys, how much are we willing to make public. that is the issue. melissa: how do you deal with the idea, geraldo, blood spilled getting them into custody and let them go to the battlefield? >> a lot of these people were seized very early in the game. some were drivers, low level fighters. you keep them in maximum security in gitmo bay sur

which the police department engaged in a pattern and practice of conduct which violates the united states constitutionral law. the department of justice began their investigation of the ferguson police department on september 4th 2014. during the last six months city officials have cooperated with the department of justice to supply tens and thousands of documents which included thousands of e-mails from 75 employees from the city of ferguson and other electronic materials from the ferguson police department. the city also arranged ride-a-longs for the department of justice investigators to observe ferguson police officers while on duty. during the meeting on tuesday, the department of justice officials informed the city of ferguson that e-mails uncovered explicit bias by three individuals who are employed by the ferguson police department. let me be clear, this type of behavior will not be tolerated and the ferguson police department or in any department in the city of ferguson. immediately upon leaving that meeting, the three individuals were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

state your name. >> i -- >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend. >> that i will support and defend. >> the constitution of the unitedall enemies, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will obey the orders. >> that i will obey the orders. >> of the president of the united states. >> of the president of the united states. >> and the orders of the officers. >> and the orders of the officers. >> appointed over me. >> appointed over me. >> according to the regulations. >> according to the regulations. >> and the uniform code of military justice. >> and the uniform code of military justice. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. welcome to the navy. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: congratulations! oh, my goodness. congratulations, guys! [ cheers and applause ] that was fantastic. thank you, admiral. >> all right. and jimmy, on behalf of the 60,000 men and women of the united states navy reserve, we want to say thank you for helping us celebrate

ferguson police officials have engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of violation of the united states constitution or federal law. now, as details in what i will call our sering report and it is searing, also released by the justice department today this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized. a community where deep distrust and hostility often characterize interactions between police and area residents. a community where local authorities consistently approach law enforcement, not as a means for protecting public safety, but as a way to generate revenue. a community where both policing and municipal court practices were found to be harmful to african-american residents. a community where this harm frequently appears to stem at least in part from racial bias. both implicit and explicit. and a community where all of these conditions unlawful practices and constitutional violations have not only severely undermined the public trust, eroded police legitimacy and made residents less safe, but created an intensely charged atmosphere where people feel under assault and under siege by

we told the voters we were going to do and to do it in a way that's consistent with the united states constitution consistent with fundamental fairness and consistent with the only court to rule on this do it in a way that's consistent with the federal -- >> if the house speaker ends up at the end of next week allowing a vote on the house floor to fully fund the department of homeland security without addressing the president's immigration plan will you challenge the house speaker? >> no. no. of course not. i don't think that's going to happen though. i think we have to make the case continue to make the case. harry reid we're not -- we can't debate it we can't amend it we can't vote on it. what did they do? they did it at the 11th hour. that's the problem. we need time to get to conference and do the right thing. >> if your conservative colleagues come to you and say, we want to try to make a play, we're done with this leadership team we want to make a play to get rid of them. >> no that's not going to happen. >> you're saying affirmatively it's not going to happen? >> the issue i keep coming bac

and anyone who occupies that office must have fidelity to the laws of the united states duly passed and to the constitution of the united states. it's just that simple. the senate cannot confirm any individual must never confirm an individual to such an office as this the one most responsible for maintaining fidelity to law, who would support and advance a scheme that violates our constitution, eviscerates congressional authority. no person should be confirmed who would do that. congress makes the laws, not the president. in that regard, congress has repeatedly rejected legislation to provide amnesty work permits and difs -- benefits to those who entered our country unlawfully. if you want benefits of the united states, you should come lawfully wait your return. we rejected such proposals in 2006 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2014. president obama's unlawful and unconstitutional executive actions nullify the immigration laws that we do have that are on the books. that's the immigration and nationality act. and replaces them with the very measures congress refused to enact. that's just where we are. even king georg

ferguson police officials engaged in a widespread pattern or practice violations of the united states constitution or federal law. now as detailed in what i will call our searing report and it is searing, also released by the justice department today, this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized, a community where deep distrust and hostility often characterized interactions between police and area residents, a community where local authorities consistently approached law enforcement, not as a means for protecting public safety but as a way to generate revenue. revenue. community where policing and municipal court practices were found disproportionately harmful to african-american residents a community where this harm frequently appears to stem in part from racial bias both implicit and explicit and a community where all of these conditions unlawful practices and constitutional violations have not only severely undermined the public trust, eroded police legitimacy and made local residents less safe but created an intensely charged atmosphere where people feel under assault, and un

i don't care, and the constitution -- and the constitution doesn't care who you listen to in a foreign country. i care who you listen to in the united states and the constitution says the prerequisite is probable cause. [ cheers and applause ] >> we're talking about the 215 program which has to do with metadata and phone bills. that is the high water mark of nsa with regard to domestic communications in the united states. once again, the judge has used the verb "listen." i challenge any of you to take your phone bill when you go back at home and put it up to your ear and listen. see what you can learn. >> and i think for the record we should also point out there are other agencies that have some responsibility, for example, in the boston marathon bombing and amongst them the fbi, which had direct information from the russians as to their concerns about those two brothers and some of their associates. it's always -- i don't know if it's comforting to say that there are more agencies who are not adequate to a given task. but anyway, there it is. i would also like to get some idea of privacy as it exists and the national security interest as

police officials have engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of violations of the united states constitution or federal law. now as detailed in what i will call our searing report -- and it is searing, also released by the justice department today, this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized. a community where a deep distrust and hostility often characterized interactions between police and area residents. a community where local authorities consistently approached law enforcement not as a means for protecting public safely, but lyly safety -- safety but as a way to generate revenue. where policing and practices were found to be disproportionately practices to stem in part from racial bias both implicit and ex policity and a community where all of the conditions and unlawful practices and constitutional violations have severely undermined the public trust, eroded police legitimacy and made local residents less safe and created an intentionally charged atmosphere where people feel under assault and under siege by those who are charged to serve and to protect them. now, of c