and making sure that you're involved and that you can carry on the great leg is si of the united states of america -- legacy of the united states of america. before we get started and i've got prepared comments, i would like to ask all of you to keep in your thoughts and prayers the men and women of the military. we live in the greatest nation in the history of world, and it's because of their service and their sacrifice. as was mentioned, i served, i had the honor of serving on the veteran affairs committee, and when you tour walter reed and bethesda and brooke army medical, you understand the sacrifices that our military makes and their families right alongside of them. we must never take that for granted, we must always keep them this our prayers. just recently, this morning, three americans -- two of them military -- were killed in a plane accident in afghanistan and off the coast of virginia sailors were in a helicopter, there were another two or, i think, three sailors -- one's still missing. so they do, they make that sacrifice day in and day out, and their family makes it alongside of them

. >> please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america them, "the star spangled banner". 9 pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval cademy midshipmen. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation der god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem had now be performed by sophia nader of idlothian. >> note oh, say can you see bit wn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the wilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright ars through the perilous ight oer the ramparts we watched at the -- with to gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare, the gave bursting in air, proof through the night that ur flag was still there o say does that star spangled oer the land e, of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. america the beautiful will now be performed by the world children's choir of falls church under the direction of course sandra hearns, artistic ir

achieve the true american dream of ensuring that we hand off to the next generation of better united states of america. that has is horribly been -- historically been the hallmark of this country. it is unique to america. we hand off a better united states of america and right now we are not going to do that for this next generation. it is so unfair, what is being done to you. it is something that will be on the backs of generations. it is why we need to get back to our fiscal responsibility and our roots of not spending more money than be taken. the country has been doing this for three decades. -- webt and the deficit are giving to the next generation -- the debt and the deficit that we are giving to the next generation is unconscionable. that we changere these policies so we do not give that to the next generation. i want to say to all of you that this is not easy. it is a steep hill that we have to climb. our current leaders need to be resilient. we need them to continue to fight for the value of the people here. it is they and they do they serve who share their principles and they will lead us in

who would have ever thought we would have a president of the united states of america that was awarded the lie of the year in 2013. so that's very damaging for him. on the republican side, as you just brought out chairman issa, looking for the low hanging fruit. so we need to have committed leaders, not self-interest, not special interests, and that's why a lot of people here in the united states of america are concerned about what we're going to pass on to our children or grand children. >> you talk about inspiration, and i think that's a very important weapon to get the country going, whether economically or in terms of working together. when president obama ran for office, he used to draw crowds of 90,000. inspiration was his most powerful tool. what happened? >> that was false charisma. that was really someone that was telling people what he thought they wanted to hear and not what they wanted to hear. that's the difference between a politician and a statesman. a statesman is going to tell you what you need to hear. if you're going into a combat operation, you're going to inspire t

organized states set up networks a lot of us in them are also collaborating with the one hamas and hezbollah and they've been doing so for but decades we figured that out against the united states of america are we have life our culture our flag this is a war it's an invention that treated won't was say. you can't be classified as a race is. don't care i want to thank all you guys this is a tough tough assignment live in and work in tents is very important for me one thousand nine hundred three i said we're going to put tents up korean war and tents we did thanks for all your great work they're still there three years ago the state of arizona legislature passed two laws human smuggling laws in the employer sanction were the only agency enforcing those two laws thanks a lot of you guys we have over forty five thousand people there we have a den of five arrested. investigated or detained in the jail office i don't tough is. jails in the united states were like number three in the whole country and all they get is. it's not nice but you guys know if you do something wrong you want to hold on alltel around here. it was sleeping. so what do we want this is jail this is. they're all convicted w

. >> please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america ing of the national anthem, "the star-spangled banner." the pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval academy midshipman john f mcauliffe, george r jamison, and collin a. jefferson. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem will now be performed by sophia nader of midlothian. >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. "america the beautiful" will

on the record -- that at that moment, our allies lost confidence, they lost belief in the united states of america, and we are watching countries in the region openly stating, for example, the saudia arabians refusing a seat on the national security council of the united nations. they have openly stated -- it's published everywhere -- that they no longer believe in the united states of america. by the way, one of the other aspects of this -- and there are many -- there's a "washington post" story this morning "europeans are flocking to the war in syria: what happens when they come home?" the story is about a couple people that went from england, the distress among security officials is pervasive in european capitals. and in washington, u.s. intelligence chief james r. clapper jr. told a congressional panel wednesday that the syria war had attracted about 7,000 foreign fighters from as many as 50 nations, that at least one of the main jihadist groups in syria aspires to carry out an attack in the united states. but europe is a far closer and more accessible target. the international center for the

in 2011 reported that individuals who are not authorized to work in the united states of america receive $4.2 billion by claiming this additional child tax credit. the audit found that the payment of federal funds through this tax benefit appears to provide an additional incentive for aliens to reside in the united states without authorization, which contradicts federal law and policy to remove such incentives. the audit was based upon an analysis of tax returns filed by persons with individual taxpayer identification numbers which are issued to individuals who are required to have a taxpayer i.d. number for tax purposes but are not eligible for a social security number because they are not authorized to work in the united states of america. again, this saves $20 billion over the next ten years. and let me just tell you how egregious this is. here's some of the reports about this problem in our tax code. it's fraud. this is fraud that we're going to fix. this is good government. we should fix this now regardless. this $20 billion is money that should not be going out the door over ten ye

and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> a look now from the in the washington post. of themer direct your national security agency says president obama has embraced the surveillance programs that were in place by the george w. bush administration. mr. hayden was speaking sunday talking about president obama's surveillance groups -- programs.

thank you, god bless you, may god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> you have been listening to the president of the united states for approximately the last 50 minutes talking about changes to the national security agency or the nsa. the president announcing that he would make five changes, five steps that he was taking, going on to say that the reforms i am proposing today should give the american people greater confidence that their rights are being protected. mike viqueria at the white house did he succeed? >> well, the president talking about what the united states can do versus what it should do and of course del that is the essential question, the premise that the president stepped into today in the wake of all the controversy over the p past yeas and the edward snowden issues. the controversial issue the collection of millions if not billions of bits of metadata, the president at pains to point out, over the course of the last several months, this is not the content of calls being made between americans and internationally but it i

and making sure that you're involved and that you can carry on the great leg is si of the united states of america -- legacy of the united states of america. before we get started and i've got prepared comments, i would like to ask all of you to keep in your thoughts and prayers the men and women of the military. we live in the greatest nation in the history of world, and it's because of their service and their sacrifice. as was mentioned, i served, i had the honor of serving on the veteran affairs committee, and when you tour walter reed and bethesda and brooke army medical, you understand the sacrifices that our military makes and their families right alongside of them. we must never take that for granted, we must always keep them this our prayers. just recently, this morning, three americans -- two of them military -- were killed in a plane accident in afghanistan of

this is a real constitutional crisis that we see happening in the united states of america. >> i have never seen such a slow response for some that deeply believe the president has exceeded his authority no longer executing the law but legislating which is the responsibility of congress. whatever. we will see if the state attorneys general go beyond writing a letter. meme ask you something else though. when the bipartisanship budget act of 2013 was passed that happened just before christmas, we learned that one of the groups getting partial ax to retirement benefits in that new budget ax are our military vets. of course, that's distressing to many americans. but today house oversight committee chair darrell issa introducing a bill would end delivery of mail on saturday instead of cutting benefits for military veterans. is that the answer and a good one and is now the post office, are those postal workers in essence going to take a cut? >> first of all, i think that's a pretty easy way out to say we are going to cancel the service on saturdays. when you are talking about the military r

like the united states of america as well, could andfit from better facilitated access of women to the workplace. so as i said, it's across the board a plus, and in some countries where the hurdles, the obstacles, the cultural more pronounced there's a potential higher upside to them joining the work thee, but it's across board. >> you told us in your speech that we will not be getting a the economic forecast next week, much as we would like to. but on the topic of forecasting, address the critique that the i.m.f.'s forecasts are one back yard looking based data? rather than true predictions looking forward? i.m.f. works on models, so clearly you develop your basis of historical data. stophen we don't just there. we don't just run numbers through models to sort of develop.e and we also check with what we call have 188ry desks, we country desks that include financial, sometimes experts, focusing on those particular markets. use their knowledge, they're close to the ground, understanding where things are going. and then they read, not from tea leaves, but they read from the they readndic

they passed fewer laws than any session of congress in the history of the united states of america last year. in the words of the "washington post" today, "last year was a legislative wasteland. among the laws enacted, it is impossible to find a significant new accomplishment. the number of new laws passed is, "easily the lowest tally for any year in history." and this year's expected to be worse. the first year of any two-year congress is usually when they actually do get the work done. because the second year is always an election year, right? this is the election year. this is the year we're not supposed to get anything done because we were so busy last year. this year they're planning on doing even less than they did last year. last year they worked a grand total of 135 days. this year they're only planning on working a grand total of 112. do the math. that's one day on, two days off, all year long. must be nice. today's day one, and you never know what they might unexpect unexpectedly get around to doing but their plans in house are to pretty much do nothing all year long after hav

virtually 60% of all of the domestic discretionary spending of the united states of america is included in this one appropriations bill. now for nearly two years the department of defense has been in a state of paralysis because of budget uncertainty caused by the budget control act; sequestration, a threat that was never supposed to become a reality; and, sadly, the 16-day totally unnecessary government shutdown. this bill is the first step in regaining stability and providing a solid foundation for our department of defense to plan for a future. it represents a return to regular order for both the budget and appropriations committees and for congress. finally we're going to exert our constitutional responsibilities over the power of the purse to make certain that every federal tax dollar is spent responsibly. we are really indebted, in particular to two of 0 our colleagues. chairman patty murray of washington, chair of the senate budget committee, sat down with paul ryan, the house republican chair, and hammered out a budget agreement the first in i believe five or six years. and then

the have not upgraded japan or the united states of america. what they are saying is that there is a health warning. they say that growth is where we needed. >> it is a little bit below expectations. this is for all of 2013. you are watching a little bit of m and day. &a.m >> a ban -- a brand that we all know. united escaped. -- biscuits. the blackstone and equity bought the snack part of the business for 4 billion pounds. they will bid. what we don't know if that will translate into a bed itself. so much for now. stay with bloomberg tv. we will be back with the pulse that is next. in the meantime, you can follow all of us on twitter. . . >> the big names in sport come to bloomberg. we are going to talk to the people leading red bull and arsenal to commercial and sporting success. >> getting personal. attemptsh president's to jumpstart the economy are overshadowed by his affair. >> shares in the uk's largest luxury goods maker surged as its digital presence delivers. good morning. you are watching "the pulse." we are live from bloomberg's

applause] off let's agree right here right now to keep the people's government opened for the united states of america. [applause] >>> up next on book tv, "after words" with a guest host tanzina vega come in new york times' national correspondent. this week motor dame history professor felipe fernandez-armesto and his latest book "our america a hispanic history of the united states." the graduate looks of the settlements in the evolution of the united states from the perspective of latinos of dollars and discusses the modern-day hispanic resurgence in the united states. the program is about an hour. >> host: felipe, thank you for being with us. >> guest: thank you for having an interest in my book. >> host: absolutely. it's quite an interesting one. we can start of a talking about the population of hispanics in the united states. in 1980 there were about 15 million hispanics in the united states and by 2012 nearly 53 million by 2015 we are expecting 128 malignant. your book helps give the foundation and explain how the population are right in the country and we will talk about where it's going by the

examples of refunds for children that don't live in the united states of america, examples of fraud of many who are children that may not even exist. for example, in indiana they found four unauthorized workers claiming over 20 children who lived if a residence fraudulently collecting tensions o-- tens of thousands of taxpayr dollars. they found examples of tax refund claims for children who live in mexico, not the united states of america. in north carolina 1,000 tax returns linked to eight addresses -- 1,000 tax returns linked to eight addresses refunding $5 million in tax refunds. another example in north carolina -- 398 returns associated with two applicants. 398 returns refunding $1.9 million to unauthorized -- workers not authorized to work in our country. the and there was no evidence that the children being claimed either lived in the united states of america or even existed, for that matter. so my amendment is very straightforward in terms of the fix: the filer of the tax return, who is going to claim the additional child tax credit, would have to list a social security number

of the few states in the union to do that. [applause] >> in november, one out of every eight jobs created in the united states of america was createdes right here in indiana. that is an extraordinary accomplishment for our people. [applause] >> unemployment was 8.6% when i stood here last year and while it is still too high today at 7.3% unemployment in indiana is at a 5-year low and since 2009 indiana has the fifth fastest private-sector job growth in the united states of america. indiana is on the move because of the people of indiana. and let me say most encouraging to this, indiana's fourth and eighth graders recently showed the second best improvement in america in math and reading scores and fourth grade reading proficiency is at an all-time high. that is an accomplishment weekend all beall be proud of. [applause] with our state lagging behind in per-capita income and too many kids in underperforming schools are believe we must remain relentless, bold and ambitious to keep our state moving forward. that is why last month i traveled throughout the state from fort wayne to our old state capital and outlined my agenda for 2014.

you do not trust the united states of america to give you security, who else is going to give you security? to use the pretext that you do , and you wantne to continue the occupation of the palestinian lands, it means that you do not want to be peaceful. they have to make up their minds. the best thing on the table, in addition to peace, is the presence of american forces. >> the israelis say that is unacceptable to them. do you believe that the israelis , the palestinians have offered the israelis a clear negotiating ner who can deliver on their side, on the promises that they make? >> i believe so. better,l never have more committed leadership to peace than the current president. , tos committed to a court peace and nonviolence, and to toding a peaceful solution the situation and the conflict between us and the israelis. if they refuse to appease with mahmoud abbas, and it appears to me that they may have to face the extremists, including those like hamas, and if they tell us that they can reach peace with such leaders, one would say that they are not serious. often i think this with the

what do you think should be the priority for united it's of america? -- united states of america? >> repealing obamacare. [laughter] >> anyone else? >> cutting taxes. >> anything else? strong on key social issues like light. -- life. >> i am delighted to see one of my former staffers here who works for the pro-life movement. thank you for coming, it is so great to see you. of the affordable care act, jobs, and the economy, cutting taxes, those are things that most americans, certainly those of us who are paying attention, air about. we will get into some of that in just a moment. youhear people talk, and walk away and you think, would that person just say? before i get into my comments, i want to leave you with two thoughts. remember these two things. number one, be grateful that you are fortunate enough to live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. you are an american citizen and you live in the united states of america. we sometimes take that for granted, but we must never forget. the important thing i want you to remember is that you can be or do anything that you

views have been inflamed unfortunately by interventions from the european union and the united states of america which i think are wholly unreasonable in the domestic politics of ukraine and you will see them try and rise up and and deed those people are rather extreme some of them have very very ugly views indeed and of course they're demonstrating it through the violence that they're propagating on the innocent people of kiev and ukraine at this moment is not a huge majority movement demanding change it is all timidly a very well organized terrorist rabble. well with me now in the studio is news editor of across who be discussing the implications and the consequences of what's happening there in kiev at the moment also auntie's. who's witnessed some of the rioting over recent weeks in kiev. you were. now unfolding to be a tragic sad day for kiev are you surprised that it got to this level off to what you saw before all this erupted no not at all because the way that the protests have been going since the end of november something had to have happened either the protests were going to die out a

of many there is one. lou: pentacle you further, mr. president, there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is only the united statesa. and this is nothing when he walked into office. and we were a nation united behind you. as i discussed in my newboo a t vernyivisn anyou e onocsione trd opnder toehnicgrou d vify tse tt digree th you lien twhat sain my bok. >>roupn ideity liti e hrderoth day ad polical ndidy ancampgn stragy. a tionhoseoundg vaes spk to te qulit equ rits a opprtuny hs beco a nion ich r fodingvlsave en assaed biculturalism rather than holding to the truly americ idea. and the president, he still does not accept that it is his performance at issue for millions of ecansother amicans mr. obama, your failures are your own. your inability to take responsibility as your own. we will take all ofhis up with our favorite go therapist doct robbie ludwig. we'll be talking with her in just a moment. one hopes that the president will be listening carefully. if you'd like to pic upa copy of my audio book, everything has links at our website loudobbs.com. loudobbs.com. we're coming right [ male announcer ] here's a

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stewart: the united states of america, the nation that invented and created the world's greatest middle class, the nation that taught the world the meaning of free enterprise, the nation that figured out more than 200 years ago that greater economic freedom leads to greater individual growth, economic growth, social stability, personal opportunity, has now fallen behind such economic power houses has denmark and chile and estonia in economic freedom. and we all pay the price every american family, why are we doing this to our children? i hope and i pray that we can reclaim the american dream before it's too late. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? he gentlelady is recognized. >> extending federal unemployment insurance will create between 200,000 and 250,000 jobs this year alone. mrs. maloney: and boost g.d.p. by .2 percentage points according to a new report just issued by the joint economic committee democrats. for every dollar we invest in unemployment insurance, we get back almost $2 in economic activity. that'

forlease remains pending the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and theging of the national anthem, "the star- spangled banner." the pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval academy midshipman john f andliffe, george r jamison, collin a jefferson. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem will now nader ofmed by sophia midlothian. say, can you see by the don's early light -- the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed gleaming light's last whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched streaming lantly and the rockets' red glare airbombs bursting in nightroof through the that our flag was still there star-spangledhat waver yet o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ applause]d >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. "america the beautiful" will now be performed by the world children's choir falls church i

if the united states of america wasn't going away all those stocks were going to go up. that's really where i hedge my bet. i went all in after 2008. i bought ford and a lot of other stocks and said at $3 a share at $5 a share, these stocks were $70, $80 before, why not take a chance because i believe in the united states of america. >> you were always a bit of a gunslinger. what do you like in the market right now? >> i like keryx. it deals with dialysis. i'm looking forward to that. i like the biotechs a little bit and then, of course, schlumberger in the oil area. heck, they built their own hotel in the basin because they couldn't get enough rooms for their people to work down there. when somebody makes that kind of commitment to an area you start to think about where oil is going to go. look at what natural gas has done over the last week or so. >> unbelievable. >> i talked to somebody in phoenix today for the phoenix open and they said it was 81 degrees. i lived in virginia. you take the last five days, it doesn't total 81 degrees. >> maybe the last 20 days. >> yeah,

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president i would you like to call roll. >> president mazzucco. >> present. >> vice president truman. >> i think he's in route. >>en route. commissioner marshall. en route. commisioner dejesus present. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner kingsley. >> present. >> commissioner loftus. >> here. >> you have a quorum and with us is the chief of

of the few states in the union to do that. [applause] in november, '01 out of eight jobs created in the united states of america was created by business is right here in indiana. that is an extraordinary accomplishment for our people. [applause] unemployment was 8.6 percent unemployment when i stood here last year. at 7.3 percent today unemployment is at a five-year low. since 2009, indiana has the fifth best is private sector job growth in the united states of america. indiana is on the move because of the people of indiana. [applause] lenny's say most encouraging , indiana's fourth 38th graders the second best improvement in america in math and reading -- reading scores and reading proficiency is at an all-time high. that is an accomplishment we can all be proud of. [applause] we have made progress in jobs and schools. but there are still too many hoosiers out of work with our state lagging behind of her capita income and health and to many kids an underperforming schools. i believe we must remain relentless, bold, ambitious to keep our state moving forward. that is my last month i travelled throughout the state from fort w

elsewhere and keep our promise to the people who fulfilled their promises to the security of the united states of america. if we had this in the omnibus bill, we need to get back to following the rules around this congress. if this had seen the light of day, the elected representatives of the american people, the 100 senators, 435 members of congress would never have stood for this broken promise and this ought to be a lesson to us, let's keep promises but there's a reason we have rules around here and is not to waive or get around them because generally it ends up with bad policy. i thank you. i want to work with you but i have to say we need to go ahead and act. everyone acknowledges this was wrong. if it was wrong we need to send the signals that we are going to make it right. >> thank you, senator wicker. senator kaine. >> i want to take a different tone than my friend, the senator from mississippi on this one. i agree completely that this is a provision that needs to be changed and i think we will change it. i agree we should change it immediately because it seems the thrust of your testimony is why

say things will be grand in the united states of america. europe will grow. but they missed their numbers because europe is low. trough it is down by 23%. that is the state of play as we go into friday. this is the dollar index. it has been the best january since 2010. westpac has a group of surprise index is a look at. -- indexes they look at. growth, earnings, and profit. will that trunk taper and the fiscal debate in the united states of america? right now, the market says yes. lex manus cranny with the latest on the markets. our next guest favors developed market equities in the u.s. and japan. for more, let's welcome the head of the london investment office at julian's. i want to get your take on the emerging markets. we had an interview with the indian central bank governor and he says there is a danger of central bank down -- central breakdown. >> there is a danger of some breakdown. what you have seen in the last two weeks has been quite a while in the making. bit of a catalyst to get investors to focus on the issues. a central banker points at somethi

and god bless the united states of america. we need to come together as one because we are considered one nation under god and follow the leadership. we can see all the progress and stood of -- instead of digressing. rex share your thoughts with us. well over 1500 comments so far. you can join in on twitter. c-spanchat. graduated college in december. raising the minimum wage will do nothing but hurt our economy. it will put more money into circulation thereby devaluing the dollar as it exists. causing prices to go up and putting our academy in a worse state than it is right now. we need to -- the president needs to get with people that are in industries that are actually working outside of the government, and the private sector to create and craft his policy so that it will help main -- instead of wall street. and from our twitter don. this from on our republican line, is joining us from north carolina. good evening. caller: i have listened to many speeches and politicians ranting and raving. as far as i am concerned [inaudible]

of many there is one. lou: pentacle you further, mr. president, there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is only the united states and this is nothing when he walked into office. and we were a nation united behind you. as i discussed in my new book, he easy to govern by division and you see one occasion he tried to pander to ethnic groups and vilify those that disagree with you. listen to what i say in my book. >> group and identity politics are the order of the day and political candidacy and campaign strategy. a nation whose founding values speak to the quality equal rights and opportunity has become a nation which our founding values have been assailed biculturalism rather than holding to the truly american idea. and the president, he still does not accept that it is his performance at issue for millions of americans. not the race of other americans. mr. obama, your failures are your own. your inability to take responsibility as your own. we will take all of this up with our favorite ago therapist doctor robbie ludwig. we'll be talking with her in just a moment. one hopes that the president will be listening c

tonight secretary of state john kerry talks to me about america's foreign policy and the president. >> sooner, rather than later, the united states will pay a heavy price for our noninvolvement. >> missile launch scandal - dozens in charge of nuclear war heads are under scrutiny. >> west virginia violations - the government report after the chemical leak raises questions about the company behind the accident and the facility holding the toxic material. >> plus flight formation - why do birds travel in v patterns. tonight the surprising answer. >> we begin with what can only be described as hope, hope that an american soldier held against his will since 2009 is alive. he is army sergeant bo bergdahl, who vanished from his base in afghanistan more than four years ago. he's believed to be held by fighters linked to taliban. >> today word of proof of life, the military says it has video showing him. when and where it was taken is unknown. in a statement the military said this: >> reacting to the video the bergdahl family released this statement: def conversation susanna gomezservando >> joining us now to talk about this is mar

please remains pending for -- remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of americainging of the national anthem, "the star-spangled banner." the pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval academy midshipman john f mcauliffe, george r jamison, and collin a jefferson. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem will now be performed by sophia nader of midlothian. >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the don's early light -- the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. "

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> all right madam secretary roll call please. >> roll california. president breslin. >> here. >> vice president lim. >> present. >> >> excused. >> commissioner. >> expected. >> commissioner fraser. >> here. >> commissioner scott. >> present. >> commissioner excused for shlain we. >> thank you item one. >> item one is the meeting minutes for the meeting below. >> are there any corrections to the minutes? >> move for approval. >> second. >> okay. is there any public comment on this item all those in favor? >> aye. >> those opposed? >> mouse. >> item two please. >> item two president's president. president breslin. >> i have nothing -- oh there will be public comment on this item too. is there any public comment? all right. item three. >> item three discussion item discussion report, lisa ghotbi how about now lisa? no? >> thank you. lisa ghotbi acting director of the health system. starting with personnel we ha

daily basis, then i think you will have difficulty being an effective representative of the united states of america in this very important job. you may disagree or agree with my comments, but i don't base my comments to you on john mccain's opinion. at base it on the opinion of every expert on asia that i know of in china, and that is that there is a growing tension, a growing threat of another guns of august, and there is a need for us to not only make the chinese understand that there are boundaries, but also to work more closely with the other nations in the region, whether it be vietnam with the philippines or indonesia for other countries that the chinese because of their behavior had united in away the likes of which i am never seen or anticipated. would be glad to your response. >> i don't disagree with you. you've made very important points which i do agree with. i applauded the b-52s flying over that. it was very important. it was the right thing to do. them that twice. he's a very, very important man. no question. >> by the way, check in with kissinger. >> these are my list. we are schedu