. >> think about united states spending.wo of kobe jake muhammed down in guantanamo to put pen is an federal court to try him here in the u.s. we have a 100 percent conviction rate what are we afraid of? we waterborne him 183 times said you torture someone then it becomes a legal issue so how do deal with that? and they will tell you every want to hear when you torture someone. >> your co-author got into some trouble?. >> my co-author he revealed that we water boarded a prisoner and gave of that information and. with his first book of the reluctance by and told abc news your using this method that was classified and we were not supposed to say that. and was charged with the espionage act and then serving two years in prison for that. and that torture program that we have so the torturers got off scot-free. and then with that and are you choosing your words carefully?. >> the cia and fbi and the news articles coming out and then they are pushing hard on this book. the cia and fbi i responded i think pretty well so they had to

. >> president of united states spending 17 days in new jersey while white house, is being renovated,nd he'll an health n service secretary, were in bridgewater announcing new direction of this administration on opioid abuse, they are not taking chris christie's direction or advisor recommendation, i see it as a snub of the governor. this guy could not get a job if he were weighing them, it is an embarrassment, a disgrace, and no surprise that it happened while governor was out the sta state. we're back with our panel, what to you think? does he have any credibility as opioid guy. >> he does, i am sorry this happened the way it did, essentially being said, we'll put a guy in charge of ask for recommendations we're not going to follow them because we're going to a law and order approach, to addiction. us pro prosecutors we know you cannot treat people through a law and order approach. i wish he -- >> come on, it was a stupid recommendation. >> stupid too street it as a health issue. that is pretty. the concensus now, opioid epidemic is not something we can jail our way out of. >> he wa

united states. wewe could keep the way that have been, we have now spent almost $1 trillion, and we are now spending more than the entire defense budget of the united kingdom, just in afghanistan. more than 2000 american soldiers dead, 20,000 plus wounded. health-care costs from that war will be $1 trillion on top of that. secretary mattis said that we are not winning. the terrorist forces control more than half of the country, though, this current strategy is not working. we try to take a step back, and the reason that i wrote restructuring, is to say, let's pare away the incremental decisions that we've had a weird we have had 17 different commanders in 16 years. -- we have 17 different commanders in 16 years. we need one leader in charge of all things, from the departments of defense, state, the intelligence community, from afghanistan to pakistan. we need to have one person making the decision, unify that. second, we need to really support the afghan security forces in a proven way. there are about 9000 u.s. troops in the country, and another 4000 from nato and 2600 contractors. i am not arguing

we have to talk about the future of the entitlement program in the united states. deficit spending has to be a consideration. studies showed high levels of debt above 90%. the study does not work. the study has been discredited, the data is wrong. the numbers -- guest: the numbers do not claim what they do not do. other research that show high levels of debt -- tost: economists would like have that result. we are for shouldn't that result is not,. if you look at japan, italy, argentina, russia -- these countries have had debt for a long time. it is not as harmful as people think. peterson institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. it affects -- it studies the u.s. and issues at home. we cover macro stuff. our fellows have served in democratic or republican administrations. we work for better, fairer simpler taxes. we were among the groups that were done the irs' structuring and reformat in 1988. host: we have 45 minutes to discussion with our panel. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. we will start with rick in fairfax, virgi

those properties the value of the property is being enhanced because the president of the united states spendsthere. it's not a coincidence that the mar-a-lago fees -- >> memberships. >> doubled right after he became president of the united states of america. he knows what he's doing. he's making money off of the presidency. >> michael, i have to say, he's a billionaire several times over. he's not going to try to make a cheap buck. >> and he would like more money. >> the pathological liar was president obama when he said you can each your own doctor, your own health care, was he a pathological liar or speaking in hyperbole. >> that was the plan and purpose to get through the legislative process. >> to get through the legislative process. you're right. >> why can't you guys ever stay on the topic. stay on topic. >> donald trump is the topic. >> there were many tweets as well to coined of underscore what the president -- the now president then candidate was talking about saying, you know, president obama is about to embark on a 17-day vacation in his native hawaii, putting secret service away f

very active in the country of afghanistan and they're taking some of the dollars that the united states is spending to fund schools and medical services whether the ideological agreements are there or not is unclear at this point but pakistan would like to see more of a collaborative effort between the taliban and the afghan government. this. fact the u.s. is never going to let that happen so other countries are worried that trump might actually push pakistan too far and what does it mean to be threatening pakistan on such a national and international level you know i just quickly i just have one question to both of you very quickly explain to me again very quickly why we need to be there. and i don't i mean i asked i asked the owner cia agent jack rice last night about this idea of security threats being immense in this region i asked him really what are the security threats to the united states and to our national interests so it's just definitely a question to be asking when he's saying that americans first you know from all right well as we thank you so much for sound i'm always a pleasure to h

. >> reporter: rex tillerson arriving back in the united states after spending several days in asia trying to convince allies to tighten the economic news around north korea. the state department insisting the strategy is working. >> we see that campaign and that is working. >> reporter:.com, president trump's attorney fleming the fbi after it was revealed they raided the home of former trump campaign airman paul manafort. they called it a gross abuse of the judicial process conducted solely for shock value. bucks they didn't trust him or his lawyer or they were worried the documents were going to disappear. >> reporter: he has already turned in documents to the senate. >> reporter: the war is over north korea the dow was down 204 points just under 1%. it was also down 135 points and the s&p dropped 35 points. the selloff hit hard. >>> a heartbreaking story involving a musician. he was killed today after chasing after a person who robbed him. it happened in the temescal area. our reporter is in the city after speaking with police. >> reporter: this is a very will no musician. he has been i

spending approach in afghanistan. and i think he wrestles with pulling out completely and putting that money to work back in the united states and infrastructure versus spending it. i tried to provide him an option to keep pressure on the terrorists and still return more than $40 billion back to the budget to spend in america. steve scully: from england, georgia rick. ,you are next. caller: good morning. thank you for your service to our nation. i have a couple of comments. first as far as the ground war in afghanistan, history teaches us that the last four in general to lead a ground war in afghanistan was alexander the great in 400 bc. and the military privatization is a terrible idea. although it back through history, mercenaries have always been a failure. they cannot be trusted. .hey are there for the profit they have allegiance not to a nation. mr. prince, you revealed your motive when you tried to compare the function of afghanistan to a business. government is not in place to realize a profit. so the analogy with the business taken.tcy is not well thank you. erik prince: i would say the effort is in bankruptcy. 90%fa

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has repeatedly and publicly expressed doubt that president barack obama was born in the united states. after spendingearly a quarter of a century in office, the s sheriff spent his last five years in office investigating obama's purpose or to get authenticity. -- obama's birth certificate authenticity. a front-page story about joe arpaio. it picks up with this. grew outnal convention of a lawsuit filed a decade ago that the sheriff's office routinely violated the rights of latinos. let's take a listen to president trump who earlier this week during his rally in phoenix mentioned the fact that a pardon for sheriff joe could be forthcoming. [video clip] >> do the people in this room like sheriff joe? [applause] [applause] joe convictedriff for doing his job? [applause] he should have had a jury, will make a what i prediction come i think he will be just fine, ok? [applause] >> but, i won't do it tonight because i don't want to cause any controversy. is that ok? [applause] joe can feelf good. host: here's the reaction from arizona's republican senator, senator john mccain. he writes this -- let's take a

when i travel to the united states for work and spend a lot of time in america, i think divisions havere. i think all that we have seen in the last few weeks is that they have been highlighted. do you think they have been muted for quite awhile, as well? when obama got into the white house, everyone thought america was turning a corner and actually a lot of americans i speak to feel that racism at worst when president obama entered the white house. you can't divorce it from what is happening in any country and where they have been periods of progress on the racial divide it tends to be because the rising tide of the economy has lifted all ships. but they have full employment. yes, but i think it is the question of how much people earn in theirjobs, they may be employed, but whether they feel they are making economic progress or whether they feel their living standards are being eroded. i think that is an issue for a lot of countries, as we know. so in the 19605 we saw p i’og re55 know. so in the 19605 we saw progress on this issue in the united states, i think there was some p i’og re5

discerning process.in an environment where you have this huge pool of unemployed labor in the united states, and your spending massive amounts of money putting our own workers and welfare, doesn't it make sense economically to say let's get our workers, immigrants and u.s. born, off of welfare, into the earning a living wage, able to pay into taxes instead of bringing in lower which substitutes, while at the same time ensuring that the inventors, innovators and scientists are able to come into our country and add to our economy and our gdp, but not as substitutes for americans? to rumors inspond euro party that say we should be focused on competence of reform? what do you say to those who say this just separates families, effectively cutting them? stephen: legislation for folks they arelready here, grandfathered in. it is a new system moving forward. .1. .2, beyond the immediate family members that are covered in the bill, your minor children and your spouses, your other relatives can come in. they just have to come in through the points-based system. >> what about copperheads of immigration reform. summer bu

tweeted this, "toyota and mazda will build a $1.6 billion joint production facility in the united states. will spendants in wisconsin and consumer confidence is at a 16-year high." the government said employers added 209,000 jobs last month with the unemployment rate dropping ever so slightly. joining me now, former deputy labor secretary in the obama administration. good to see you. sounds like this is good news for the president, but i would bet a nickel you are going to tell me he doesn't deserve all the credit. >> look, it is a good jobs report. there were some weakness in manufacturing, construction, retail, but it's important to realize this continues a seven-year trend of job growth that began under president obama. and so, look, you know, i'm always going to say good things about good job numbers, but the president has really done very little in the last six months to keep this job growth going. >> and we've heard for a long time about fox con coming to the united states and now we're hearing about it again. back in january trump threatened to impose a hefty fee on toyota if it builds coroll

united states should not be there. that we should pull out and we should focus on efforts on rebuilding the united states and spending the that we're spending in afghanistan here state side. he even went so far as to say that president obama was correct in his belief that we needed to draw down the level of troops. as you said, the president has signed off on this idea of sending as many as 4,000 troops into afghanistan to bolster the 8400 american forces who are already there. we don't believe that the president is going to mention an exact figure tonight. though he may. as always with president trump, things are fluid. also, according to the great reporting of jennifer griffin and lucas tomlinson over at the department of defense, the pentagon. the president will also call on countries in the broader region to pitch in and help. asking india, asking pakistan to do more to bring the tall badge back to the table. yes, the president wants to reopen negotiations with the taliban. he believes that the negotiations with the taliban in cut tar wer qatar. what reason did they have to come to the negotiating table. but the pent

consent while americans who want to make sure history"ve world culture and included here in the united states. we spend a lot of time talking about illicit trade in the middle east and other parts of this great earth but what about in america? we have a row problem in our great state of maine with a opioid and heroin addiction epidemic. it is a real concern, affecting all of our families are most of our families. there has been a little bit of discussion today about trade, illicit trade, antiquities right here and historical artifacts right here in america. i would like each of you to weigh in quickly. grunder we'll start with you, do you have any feel for how much it has an impact on illicit drug trade here in america? please put or microphone. thank you. : thank you for the question. we believe there are commonalities between all of the different forms of illicit trade but i would have to leave it to experts. >> thank you. dr. daniels? dr. daniels: right now we don't informationbit of americanof the native property cases have drug ties. two amphetamines or opioids. but it is happening. my working the

top of mind extrem brainous thinking and it's really chilling that our president of the united states is spendinglking about this when you would think that his heart and his mind would be thinking about the middle east. and about how to stabilize the situation over in -- in terms of the relationship with russia and china and so forth. it's so small thinking and so petty and it's not even kindergarten. this is prekindergarten. this is toddler-like thinking and childish like talk. and then the question i have, nicolle, for the rest of the american people is, what does melania trump say to her husband at nighttime, what does ivanka or jared say? you would think they would say, you know, dad, you know, donald, i know you want to be loved. i know you want to go down as the greatest president. this is not the way to do it. if you want to go down as the greatest president, focus on infrastructure. focus on health care. focus on the middle east. don't play to our worst fears. play to our best hopes. and it's just unbelievable that we're having this conversation in the context of who our president of the

united states. it's those who want to visit the united states and spend money here. it is those engaged the international trade. so u.s. china relationships and of course diplomats. but those who are the bulk, the vast majority of laborers are barred. it's important because this is the very first time in u.s. history that we bar a group wholesale based on race. remember when we were talking about the irish immigration, the anti catholic movement and how even the know nothing party that had a national platform, they never went so far as to advocate for restriction. they wanted longer times for naturalization, but they never said we are going to close the gates. but this time the united states does do that. and it doesn't just last for ten years. it gets renewed in 1902 and it's made permanent in 1904. it's really not until 50 years ago that we ban discrimination and immigration law. so it lasts a long time and it has lots of repercussions. so the chinese exclusion act is just that first step towards closes the gates to asian immigration, but it would not be the last.

spending. the united states of america. china is number two. it is 15% of global spending. coming up steadily. russia is number three. military spending is not the sole indicator. very important as what is that money being spent on and what context and what kind of contingencies. it is true in the case of russia that we have a very sharp difference of security concern. those are mostly on rush upon periphery. in eastern europe to an extent in the caucuses, historical interest in syria and the middle east and vladimir putin is playing that out. it is because of the expansive russian territory, as russia looks at its borders, in a sense, it is global in its security concerns. china, china in terms of how it looks at its security, is primarily an asian power at this point. it is starting to get asian interest -- world interests that it is primarily concerned with maritime claims in the pacific. in the united states, we are truly a global power in every sense. in this domain of security globally, as i talked about who is spending what on defense, the top 10 defense spenders, yo

spending approach in afghanistan. i think he wrestles with pulling out completely and putting that money to work back in the united states and infrastructure versus spending it. i try to provide him an option to keep pressure on the terrorists and still return more than $40 billion back to the budget to spend in america. host: from georgia, rick. caller: good morning. thank you, c-span, for your service to our nation. i have a couple of comments. first, as far as a grand war in afghanistan, history teaches us that the last foreign general to have won a war in afghanistan was alexander the great, about 300 bc. secondly, privatization from the military is a terrible idea. all the way back to the history, mercenaries have always been a failure. mercenaries cannot be trusted. mercenaries are there for the profit. their allegiance is to money, not to a nation. i think you have revealed your motives, when you try to compare afghanistan to a business. war is not a place to realize a profit. the analogy with a business in bankruptcy is not well taken. thank you. guest: i would say the effort is in bankruptcy. the fact that the a

the united states is now spending more in inflation-adjusted dollars on nuclear warhead activities than it did during the highest cold war year, and that's just for the warheads; that does not include the delivery systems, which are a much bigger piece of the pie. it's a very big picture to try to grasp. i think that we are not, in this culture, we are not really encouraged to think critically or to ask hard questions or to take the time to try to answer hard questions. all: ♪ oh, deep in my heart ♪ ♪ i do believe ♪ ♪ that we shall overcome ♪ ♪ someday ♪ cabasso: at a time when there seems like there's very little hope, there have to be hubs of people who are keeping a candle lit so that when some opportunity arrives or some tragedy occurs or something unexpected happens, other people know where to go to get information. this is a key problem. it is...it's something that... we have to make up for by, i think, more energetic outreach and education about what nuclear weapons do. narrator: here is the middlebury institute for international studies, which houses the center for nonproliferat

if a huge pool of unemployed labor in the united states. in your spending massive amounts of money putting our own workers on welfare doesn't make sense economically to say that our own workers immigrant and u.s. born into the labor market earning a living wage able to pay into taxes and bringing in lower wage substitutes. they are able to come into our country and add to our economy and our gdp but not substitutes for americans. thank you so much. what we really should be focused on his immigration. to really tackle the problem. and secondly with them cutting that impression. the prussian for the folks that are already here. they are able and they have pending family based sponsorships. it's a new system. and .2 is beyond the immediate family members that are covered in the bill your other relatives came in. they just had to come in through the points based system. we should be focused on this. in order to really grow this. why not tackle it from there. but say that we have introduced a 2000 page comprehensive limitation bill. would we be having this about

actors this is we could and the question not of nationbuilding because i do not think the united states should be spending its resources everywhere, but leadership. we have gotten to the point where there needs to be able toical revolution that leads a responsive governance system. that is of course aligned with our own interest and the united dates could lead others in the fight to deliver the governance, to recognize the role the conditions are playing in driving support, particularly for al qaeda, and to frankly reverse the tide we are seeing coming through. i think the united states is the only one capable of leading the fight, so i will leave it there and open to questions. >> thank you. that was terrific. ilot of food for thought and will use my prerogative as moderator to ask the first question and then we can open up. , just raisecrophone your hand and we can have someone come around with the microphone. my question goes back to your the point about scoping and need to define the adversary more broadly in order to understand what is possible and what is not possible. the campaign season last year

ands that question not of making -- of nation building, because i don't think the united states should be spending its resources everywhere, but leadership. recognizing that the conditions on the ground have got ton a point where there needs to be a political resolution that leads to a legitimate and responsive governance system. that is of course aligned with our own interests. and the united states could lead others in this fight. to deliver the governance, to recognize the role that the conditions are playing in driving support for the injury haw dee movement particularly for -- for the gee haw dee movement particularly for -- for the jihaddi movement. i think the united states is the only one capable of leading the fight. i'll leave it there and open to questions. ilon: thank you, katie, that was terrific. a lot of food for thought and i'll use my prerogative as moderator to sort of ask the first question and then we can open it up. we have a mike that can sort of, just raise your hand if you want to ask a question we'll have somebody come around with a icrophone. my question goes back to scop

liberal about these kinds of things but when you listen to something as depressing to the united states of america spending so much time going after the free press, saying that it's us versus them then you hear him use the words "unity" and you know it means nothing to him just words he's reading off of a screen and he doesn't believe in that whatsoever. he doesn't believe the press is serving a valuable purpose. i would in more him to read some of the amazing journalism that has been coming out, which i know he doesn't like it because it's tracking hem and he's listing all of the charities that are dropping including one that dropped out during the rally last night. you know,-- >> liz: by the way i want to know where you got the hysterical liberal thing. >> check my twitter. >> liz: the wall street journal today said that the president sounded like he was whining, but this is politics. man up. >> oh, exactly and first offer all, jessica, you're never hysterical. thanks, curt. >> making the arguments for your side and i think we should do more of that. less list area more facts and i think the facts show t

this war serves as the top public justification for military spending that adds up to about $1 trillion per year in the united states. that choice of how to spend our resources kills more people in all current wars put together because of where the money is not spent. a fraction of the spending could be invested in diplomacy, aid, unarmed peacekeeping to far better in effect. these alternatives have been available since day one and still are. the united states spent years sabotaging u.n. attempts at peace in syria. according to noble prize laureate the u.s. dismissed out of hand -- the u.s. ruined last year's cease-fire by firing on syrian troops. nothing will quickly bring peace and prosperity to syria, but continuing to do what we know makes matters worse has to end. we have to give peace a chance. thank you. mr. solomon: thank you, david swanson. we are now going to have question an answer session. we have a live microphone here for the journalists present. so when you ask your question, please give your name and identify your news outlet. who would like to go first? there must be a question here somewhere. i thi

again, in an environment in which you have this huge pool of unemployed labor in the united states and you're spending massive amounts of money, putting our own workers on welfare, doesn't it make sense economically to say, let's get our own workers, immigrant and u.s.-born off of welfare into the labor market earning a living wage, able to pay into taxes instead of bringing in lower wage substitutes while at the same time ensuring that the inventors, the innovators and the scientists are able to come into our country and add to our economy and our gdp but not as substitutes for americans. >> can you respond to some of the critics within your own party who say, well, what we really should be focused on is comprehensive immigration reform in order to really tackle the problem in a serious way. and secondly, what do you say to those who say this just separates families, cutting. >> actually, legislation for folks who are already here, they are able -- who have pending family. >> based sponsorships, they're grandfathered in. point two is that beyond the immediate family members that are covered in the bi

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country to reform the vast excesses in spending in our government spend six trillion dollars a year all governments inside the united states just on government six trillion dollars is an awful lot of money to be spending on government and he and he embedded others were trying to change that but they came up against i think some globalists. protesters in the u.s. capitol have toward red paint over a statue of a confederate military officer on are demanding not to be taken down the monument represents officer albert pike on this located in. washington scuffles broke out next to the statue when several men claiming to be journalist argued with protesters the issue of racially divisive monuments is playing out across the country after the unrest in the city of charlottesville a week ago. well in new york subway tiles at times square station will not be altered due to their resemblance to the confederate flag. these are not confederate flags it is a design based on jus metric forms that represent the crossroads of the world and to avoid absolutely any confusion we will modify them to make that absolutely crystal clear artie's c

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again, in an environment in which you have this huge pool of unemployed labor in the united states, and you're spending massive amounts of money putting our own workers on welfare, doesn't it make sense economically to say let's get our own workers, immigrant and u.s. born, off of welfare, into the labor market, earning a living wage, able to pay into taxes instead of bringing in lower wage substitutes. at the same time ensuring that the inventors, the snow varts and the scientists are able to come into our country and add to our economy and our gdp, but not as substitutes for americans. nbc. >> thank you so much. can you respond to some of the critics within your own party who say what we really should be focused on is comprehensive immigration reform in order to really tackle the problem in a serious way and secondly what do you say to those this just separates families -- >> well, actually, the legislation for folks who are already here, they are able who have pending family-based response or ships, they're actually grand fathered in. so it's a new system moving forward. point one. and point two, is

spending in a decade. he is the best friend the armed forces of the united states will ever have.applause] vice president pence: and thanks to the courage of the american soldier, and the vision of our isis is onn-chief, the run, north korea and iran are on notice and we are once again getting our soldiers in afghanistan the support and the tools to win. under president trump, we are supporting the men and women of law enforcement as never before. including the brave men and women of the united states customs and border protection. [applause] vice president pence: the president has already signed the largest increase in border security funding in a decade and a legal risings in our southern border are down by nearly 50%. they one of our administration, president trump has been fighting for american jobs and american workers and optimism is sweeping across the country. businesses, large and small have created more than one million new jobs this year. unemployment has not been this low in 16 years and more americans are working than ever before. president donald trump is renewing am