as provided under the constitution of the united states, the laws of the united states, and the laws of the great state of michigan, the 2016 meeting of the electoral college is now convened and will come to order. please rise for the pledge of allegiance, led by the state representative, tom barrett. >> thank you. i pledge allegiance -- >> to the flag of the united states of america, and to the which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, governor. >> if you would remain standing, thank you, tom -- at this point, i will invite another to come forward to sing the national anthem. >> ♪ 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 oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause]

before the civil war the united states were and after the civil war the united states was. it was a plural nouchblt it is the first thick that quickened my attention. august 16th, 1945 he says at this moment the united states stand at the summit of the world. august 16th, 1945 winston churchill the united states stand at the summit of the world. the implications of that are what i would like to develop with you here this afternoon and i would like to call your attention, if i can spool your recollection back fourth 1940, the nice full peacetime year for the united states in world war ii and just ponder for a minute how improbable that statement made in 1945, the united states stand at this moment at the summit of the world, how improbably it would have been to say something like that in 1940. it was the 11th year of the great depression, one hoover administration and two roosevelt administrations failed to find a proper exit from that great economic crisis. 1940 unemployment was still about 17% in the crisis 2008 and 2009. it was stuck there as of 1940. historians looking b

the united states or another third country and asks if that person can be reset elled in the unitedve screening, before they are allowed to immigrate to the u.s. the asylum seeker asks for protection on the u.s. soil. they may do so at a port of entry like jfk or l.a.x. airports. they may come in as a student or as a tourist while they're here in the u.s., they may ask for asylum. the difference between a refugee and asylum seeker. now, during the 1990s alone. half a million people requested asylum, and the numbers have continued to grow since then. >> our asylum system is over burdened and immigration judges must hear an extraordinary number of cases each day, just to move through the backlog. asiylum seekers are not guaranteed legal representation. legal representation makes all the difference. in fiscal year 2010, only 11% of those asylum seekers who did not have legal representation were successful in receiving asylum from the u.s. having legal representation makes all the difference. but most asylum seekers do not have legal representation, they either cannot afford it or they

four units not for students and him i student units? >> correct. 16 not for students. he was 16 >> right but restricted under a supportable under the state density bonus law. >> all right. does that now hold--would that be in place-this is not student housing. it's residential project being leased to an academic institution for- >> no. >> right now this is not the student housing project director, for conditional use and receive a conditional use authorization to allow for student housing. >> what makes it student housing then? it was already presented as part of >> we should clarify what to find student housing. in san francisco. the state law is silent on student housing as part is my understand your san francisco divine student housing is housing that is master leased or owned by an institution and is therefore not required to provide bmr units. >> right >> master leads are owned by an institution he was right not with the project sponsor presented today >> no. >> project sponsor. as i think we very clearly established, when this building is leased to schools, and b

let us proceed now to the election of the united states. election of the united states. each elector shall write on his or her ballot the name of the person for whom he or she votes for for the president of the united states. [inaudible] ok, the ballot for vice president of the united states. the chair requests the electoral college to preside over the election of the vice president of united states. joyce. ms. haas: the chair recognizes the honorable robert asher of montgomery county for the purpose of offering a resolution. mr. asher: madam vice chairman, resolve that the electors of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, here assembled in the chamber of the house of representatives at the state capital in the city of harrisburg, pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the constitutions and the laws of the united states and the commonwealth of pennsylvania, do now proceed to ballot for the vice president of the united states. ms. haas: thank you. thank you, mr. asher. those in favor of the resolution ntll give their ascent -- asse by saying aye. no opposed. the a

for the united nations. more than that, you have an important job to do and informing the world about our work, where we make progress and when we fall short. i deeply believe in your mission. i have been saying you are connecting the world. a connector between the united nations and the world. at a time when governments across the world are harassing journalists, cracking down on press freedom, i have worked hard to be your allies and defender. the fight for freedom of the press is everybody's fight. i have a brief today to allow maximum time for questions. let me make three points. first, syria remains a gaping hole in the conscious. it has become a synonym for hell. as i told the council three days ago, we have collectively failed the people of syria. peace will only prevail when it is accompanied by compassion, justice and accountability for the abominable crimes we have seen. second, i am closely following the deteriorating situation in south sudan. this week marks the third anniversary of the fighting.

we have the security initiative in the united states. we should show physically that we are there, and we have increased that genetically. that's dramatically. i am suggesting we have a -- increasing that dramatically. i am suggesting we have a democratic initiative, democratic institutions similar to what we did for military and -- institutions, so we can provide real support for those democratic institutions. you are finding more civil societies being challenged and we should be providing significant support to make sure that those institutions remain strong particularly starting with our democratic allies. there's a concern that some of the allies, including nato allies, will go below the threshold. kristen silverberg: you had a question? >> yes. you mentioned cuba has had a close relationship with russia and china over the years. they have been heavily militarized with mostly chinese weapons. demilitarize cuba? sen. cardin: because of how how close they are to us, our relationship with cuba, we need more people to people contact. we

on december 11, hillard declared war on the united states. the following day congress , declared war on germany and italy. 75 years later, it is difficult to appreciate the gravity of what had just occurred. the attack on pearl harbor thrust united states into a struggle that would end our data with either end in our victory or conquest. the struggle for the lives of the american people and their descendents, born and unborn, with live with dignity, liberty, and rule of law or under the forces of tyranny, oppression, and genocide. states,these tremendous the decision by japan, germany, and italy to go to war with the united states reflected a fundamental misunderstanding of the american character. at the most basic level our enemies underestimated the blooded and sorely tested commitment to freedom that forms our union. understanding this and knowing that no totalitarian state can match the spirit and the human that theenergy patriotic republic had released. fdr never wavered in his confidence the united states would prevail. in the aftermath

they going to come back to the united states? thank you. guest: rudy, i don't think that "coming back," is a helpful phrase because i don't think that describes the way economies work. at this point a low unemployment rate in the united people here have been able to find jobs. he question is, will future jobs be developed in the united tates or developed in other countries? i think there is some reasons to be pretty optimistic about what in oing to happen to jobs the united states. people, thing, i think the viewers of this program, i'm a e, are aware we've had large development in automation and this is continuing. more robots a lot in industry. we're seeing a lot of jobs that an be done by computers effectively and this has of inated the advantage cheap labor in many countries. necessary no longer to take many kind of products abroad to get cheaper labor and provide many services from abroad to get cheaper labor because technology let's us do sort of things in a relatively high wage country in the united states. the u.s. has some advantag

peter has more on that part of this story from west palm beach. >> the united state e united na their job seriously. boast on the ability to take action of issues confronting humanity. the next u.s. president doesn't think their job is that complicated. twitter the united nations has such great potential. right now just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time. so sad. that's not the only shot he's taken at the international organization since american diplomats sat silently by while others on the security counsel passed a resolution that hurts our closest allies in the middle east. israel. the president elect suggests he has the power to slow administration down, but not stop them t. big loss yesterday for israel and united nations will make it much harder to negotiate peace. too bad, but we'll get it done anyway. now conservatives see an opportunity to draw upon his experience with manhattan real estate. >> it's an organization that exacerbates tensions. i think that's good in real estate in downtown new york city and trump ought to find a way to put his name on

what the united states did do, which was abstain, and 27% said that the united states should veto thatand jeremy, i think if you asked people to guess, they would have said something like 95% say veto. >> right, that's because the loudest voices that you always hear on these issues from the jewish community tend to be those on the farther rig of the debate. the vast majority of american jews are actually quite moderate in their views on israel. in fact, one of the many misconceptions that exists about american jews is that they're not single issue voters on slooil, first of all, and second of all, they're t hawkish and extreme on theight wing ofhe politics of the issue. >> and what was your view of that resolution and what the united states' position should have been? >> well, the resolution as ambassador power said, had some flaws, and the u.n. itself is a biased and one-sided body when it comes to israel, and its disproportionate focus on the problems that israel has and is causing, but that having been said, the resolution is completely consistent with the policy of the united state

united states, the united states did not take all of mexico. award in spain the united states never invaded spain and in fact in conditional surrender aspect of world war ii was a little bit over john because it wasn't a political decision. a political position was to utterly destroy the nazi regime and the reason for this was world war i fought another war that ended in a limited fashion and it was a cease-fire, an armistice and the german government still remain. it was quickly overthrown in a revolution but it wasn't defeated by the allied forces and the reason for the policy of unconditional surrender for germany was to prevent what happened during the 1920s and the 1930s when adolf hitler said we didn't lose that war, we were betrayed and he he was betrayed by the jewish and that was one reason he was able to pick on the jewish. i was the glue that held the grand alliance together. the british the americans and the soviets agreed on one thing and that was the need to destroy nazis in germany. i would add the war in the pacific not end in u

i don't think this came from the united states. when we look at realities, we have to look at realities and numbers. not only is israel our strongest ally in the region, but our other allies voted in favor of this and the world wants there to be peace specifically in israel and there will be no peace without a two-state solution. i do agree with secretary of state kerry when he says continuing to build the settlements is not going to bring the palestinians to the table, it doesn't help but further delays any peace process. and we're going to look at the same mess in the next four, eight, 40, or 80 years. >> when president-elect trump comes in, he certainly has a big mess to clean up, that's for sure. leslie marshall, thank you so much, alex conant, thank you for coming in as well. >>> russia is vowing retaliation against the united states if the white house carries out a threat to punish russia for interfering with the u.s. presidential election. our white house correspondent kevin cork is live in hawaii with more. >> reporter: hi

tonight a conversation about the united states and china. and the phone call between president-elect donald trump and the leader of tie want. we talk to ian bremmer and richard haass. >> the entire world, the beginning question of every meeting hi in china is what is the new administration going to do everyone is trying to read our tea leaves, they are as confused as we american are to what to expect. the secretary thing the chinese said they want a good relationship with the united states. they want they want a stable region and world so they can continue to grow economically. they're not looking for fights. they would like to work things out with this administration obviously on terms that they find acceptable. >> rose: and we talk about the italian referendum and the rise of pop lism in europe with ivo daalder. >> what matter is people want to say enough is enough. this is not working. we don't like anybody, frankly, who is in power. and they will vote against anybody who is in power. so when the populists get in there in a year or two, t

who is the secretary general of the united's nations. year, one was president of the human rights council so these two countries are vying for legitimacy to make the claim that they are the government of all korea. in a real bind because it has very little to make that claim in and i think with regard to human rights, and the north koreans clearly are sensitive about what has been going on. they made they suggestion about the north korean progress on areas not sensitive politically dealing with the issue of for example, people with disabilities. the north korea human rights council announced they had signed the convention on people with disabilities. they had made progress working with non-governmental organizations to work with people with disabilities. when the british hosted the olympics four years ago there were a couple of south korean disabled athletes who .articipated so, the north korean are sensitives but the problem is the political system, they are not ready to go far in terms of allowing access to information or critiques of

the president of the united states, the new president of the united states tweets. that's what everybody in america does around the world. it's a new technology. we're probably going to have some adjustments to make over this, but he's setting a precedent that other presidents are going to use in their own fashion. >> i hope not. we have a president of the united states now through twitter who has access directly, unmitigated access to 20 million people, and i hope this doesn't set a precedent for presidents of the united states using their power and direct access unmediated without any criticisms or any media between that president and everybody else to single out individuals for criticism and blame. that is dangerous, folks. >> mr. secretary, with all due respect, franklin roosevelt used the radio to get around publi publishe publishers. >> he did not criticize individuals joe mccarthy in the 1950s, the senator, he went after individuals. he was not president. he did have a lot of power, and you know what the to those individuals? they lost their jobs. they lost a

united states naval reserve, mrs. dresser was stationed as pontiff point in rhode island from 1943-1946 working in the war bound office. ladies and gentlemen, mrs. burt dresser. the next is chief master sergeant timmons. he was in the united states army during world war ii and was a prisoner of war. during his 18 months in captivity, he escaped three times from the germans and once from the russian liberators before returning to american care. after the war, he tried to join the army again to go back to germany to find the nurse who kept him alive by sneaking him food. unfortunately, he wasn't allowed to go while in the army due to the agreement with the germans which did not allow prisoners of war to return to germany, so he joined the newest branch of the military, the united states air force. after joining the air force, he was stationed in germany, eventually found the nurse he was looking for. they were married seven months later. he retired after serving 24 years in the united states military. ladies and gentlem

that's right, over 30,000 settlement units advanced not with standing the positions of the united statesother countries. if we had vetoed this resolution just the other day, the united states would have been giving license to further unfetter settlement construction that we fundamentally opposed. so we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary, it is not this resolution that is isolating israel, it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. virtually every country in the world other than israel opposes settlements. that includes many of the friends of israel including the united kingdom, france, russia, all of whom voted for the settlement resolution in 2011 that we vetoed and again this year along with every other member and council. in fact, this resolution reaffirms statements made by the security council on the legality of settlements over several decades. it does not break new ground. in 1978 legal adviser advised that the israeli government's program of establishing civilian settlements in the occupied territory

united states army.on the pearl harbor attack, the brave members of the united states army fought to defend their posts on december 7, 1941. the u.s. army had and continues to have a large presence on owe with a hugh. representing the united states army is captain moore of texas and park ranger baron of hawaii. will all of our army veterans please stand as able? [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> army veterans, please be seated. united states marine corps. many may not realize until visiting the uss arizona memorial that a united states marine detachment made up part of each battleship's company. 109 marines lost their lives that day. 105 perished aboard ships in pearl harbor and four were killed in action at the field. representing the united states marine corps is sergeant kempfield and park ranger acok of new mexico. will all of our marine corps veterans please stand as able? [ applause ] ♪ >> marine corps veterans, please be seated. united states navy. 1,999 sailors lost their lives in the december 7 attacks on pea

over 30,000 settlement units advanced notwithstanding the positions of the united states and other countries. if we had vetoed this resolution the other day, the united states would have been giving license to further unfettered settlement construction that we fundamentally oppose. so we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary. it is not this resolution that is isolating israel. it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. virtually every country in the world other than israel opposes settlements. that includes many of the friends of israel, including the united kingdom, france, russia, all of whom voted in favor of the settlements resolution in 2011 that we vetoed and again this year along with every other member of the council. in fact, this resolution simply reaffirms statements made by the security council on the legality of settlements over several decades. it does not break new ground. in 1978, the state department legal adviser advised the congress of his conclusion that israel's government, the israeli governme

united states. all right. thank you so much.oth of you, great to see you tonight. >>> and coming up next right here on "hannity." >> if i were to run again and articulated it, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >> president obama continues to take jabs at the incoming administration, and now protect -- president-elect trump is responding. matt and mercedes are next with reaction. >>> later, americans are more divided than ever, but that isn't stopping president obama from making questionable comments about race. sheriff david clark will weigh in later. that and much more straight ahead on "hannity." more straig ahead on "hannity." at godaddy, our goal is to make you look awesome online. let's chat in football terms. this is the goal post. the end zone. the goal of every team. we know you have goals. like getting exposure for your idea or business. with godaddy website builder, you can easily create an awesome mobile-friendly, get you more exposure website. we call that...a websit

stacking the unit making sure the units are stacked.ings. >> yes. >> all-important. >> through that year there were two points and we will hear more from the follow-up presentation. it seem you are staff memorandum in terms of the certificate holders is a highlight. it really highlighting really into efforts and we see a doubling down of that in particular in dr. davis and 350-or block 49 and welcoming people home mother areas like sacramento, haworth, fresno, oakland, richmond, african-americans skew beholders isn't in migration thanks to the efforts and again will hear more from pam sims and ms. engines proposal presentation but there are tangible efforts that we can see. then certainly on the local hiring site i believe jeff white has some additional information that was in your memo but just to highlight it because from a jobs front and local jobs front >> yes. on page 7 there's a chart there that highlights the construction work opportunities. were 6534 jobs created during that fiscal year 15-16 1.5 5 million construction hours and

stacking the unit making sure the units are stacked.re efficient. >> all good things. >> yes. >> all-important. >> through that year there were two points and we will hear more from the follow-up presentation. it seem you are staff memorandum in terms of the certificate holders is a highlight. it really highlighting really into efforts and we see a doubling down of that in particular in dr. davis and 350-or block 49 and welcoming people home mother areas like sacramento, haworth, fresno, oakland, richmond, african-americans skew beholders isn't in migration thanks to the efforts and again will hear more from pam sims and ms. engines proposal presentation but there are tangible efforts that we can see. then certainly on the local hiring site i believe jeff white has some additional information that was in your memo but just to highlight it because from a jobs front and local jobs front >> yes. on page 7 there's a chart there that highlights the construction work opportunities. were 6534 jobs created during that fiscal year 15-16 1.5 5 mi

japan and the united states, which have eradicated hatred and cultivated friendship and trust on the basis of common values, are now and especially now taking responsibility for appealing to the world about the importance of tolerance and the power of reconciliation. that is precisely why the japan-u.s. alliance is an alliance of hope. the inlet gazing at us is as far -- is tranquil as far as the eye can see. pearl harbor. it is precisely this beautiful inlet shimmering like pearls that is the symbol of tolerance and reconciliation. it is my wish that our japanese children and president obama, your american children, and indeed their children, and grandchildren, and people all around the world will continue to remember pearl harbor as a symbol of reconciliation. we will spare no efforts to continue our endeavors to make a -- to make that wish a reality. together with president obama, i hereby make my steadfast pledge. thank you very much. [applause] president obama: prime minister abe, on behalf of the american people, thank you for your gracious words. thank you for your presence he

breaking news right now at the united nation. a security count on a resolution demanding to an end to israeli settlement in the west bank. a lot of stuff, there is a new question for world leaders today. this morning, president-elect trump doubled down on this tweet, thursday, the united states must greatly strengthen and expand their capabilities until such time as the worldcom to i worldcom -- world comes to its censuses. >> the president-elect told you what? >> let it be an arm's race. we'll out match them in every pass. >> and out last them all. >> vladimir putin took a question at his annual press conference this morning. when someone accelerates and speeds up the arm's race, it is not us. >> joining me now is nbc's kelly o'donell and katy tur. kelly, you are in florida and mr. trump is spending the day playing golf with dwootiger woo. how is this leading the republicans in trump's team. >> reporter: one of the questions is how seriously or literally should donald trump's tweets be taken? is he trying to set policy through t

the whole idea that the united states advocates this idea -- there were meetings between the united statesew zealand and between the united states and great britain. the u.s.'s hand is clearly in this and this has been revised by president obama. netanyahu on this issue represents all of israel. the entire israeli government is against this resolution because it doesn't limit itself to building settlements in the west bank. it also includes jewish jerusalem which yosef thinks this is part of palestine, but nobody in america thinks that. this is not between america and israel. americans are not behind this resolution. if all of congress is against it, much of the obama administration was against it. this is one man obama and his cabinet against the israeli government. >> there were 14 countries who voted for it. >> they'll vote for anything. if al jeer ya arrived and the u.n. had flattened it. >> for a number of years, they've been aligning themselves with the gop, with the republican party. there are fewer and fewer people who are thinking and talking like you, alan, because the reality is

united states army.ny history books tend focus on the pearl harbor attack, the brave members of the united eight army fought diligently to defend their post. tom schofield barracks bellows airfield, the u.s. army had and continues to have a large presence on a walk representing the united states army is captain caitlin moore of plano, texas and park greater michael baron of honolulu, hawaii. will all of our army veterans please stand as able. [applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> united states marine corps. [bell urung] >> many may not realize until visiting the uss arizona that a marine attachment made a part of the company. 100 nine marines lost their lives that day. 105 perished aboard ships april harper and four were killed in action at the mass field. representing the united states marine corps is sergeant dustin campfield of phoenix, arizona and park ranger ernest haycock of roswell, new mexico. will all of our marine corps veterans please stand as able. [applause] ♪ [applause] veterans, please be

the separated a 40 by the oceans, which provide the net that provide the united states with this -- unitedth the necessary time to mobilize. united states was the only country with the breath of assets and industrial capacity, and agricultural capacity, the scientific base and critical raw recognizingated god's silent agency, we are humble, acknowledging the limits of man and our dependence on a just living god. we are grateful, knowing it is by his grace we live in freedom. and we are committed, conducting our affairs with virtue and our creator will bless our future as he is blessed our past. at other critical junctures during world war ii, god hand was on our shoulder. may it be always. x john sidney mccain the third, -- henior senator followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals and world war ii veterans in the united states navy, graduating from the united states naval academy. he became a naval aviator, flying aircraft carriers. during the vietnam war he was almost killed in the 1967 fire. on a bombing mission he was shot down and seriously injured and captured by the

it is not the united states but the united states speaking for everyone. when he was talking about the nazis, is a small group try to run a lot of things. he wants to take the democracies out one by one, so things that he wants you to think of as manageable become very small. it is a small number of people that can be attacked but it is about baked things come humanity, democracy and faith and freedom. what he is starting to do is lay out his wargames that will become much more explicit. paul: at this point, charles lindbergh, who is one of the great heroes of american aviation, was very, very aggressively pro-nazi and anti-intervention. you hear the line at the end about the danger within, internal disruption. he is talking specifically about charles lindbergh. talk about that. mary: charles lindbergh, there was no hero in the world like charles lindbergh at the time. he himself had gone to germany and had seen the german war machine and came back believing that we could not beat germany. that england was toast and we should stay out of it and try to nego

the inner works of the united nations. it is a balance because on one hand you have to preserve the autonomy of individual nation states but oregon you need to set the stage for what is globally acceptable diplomacy, so the u.n. security council and the fact that the permanent members have veto power is incredibly important. today the united states an an abdicate it their role as a permanent maybe of the council by abstainening from this vote and break egg with traditional diplomatic practice. we need to remember that u.n. security counsel members are going to be changing in the new year. the nonpermanent members taking off venezuela and bringing on kazakhstan. so an interesting time for the u.n. in 2017. >> cost does this say from now on the united states doesn't inertly have israel's back? >> not at all. this is more than a last easterly do last-ditch effort by own tone make things harder for trump. the american people stand with israel and that at the voting booth in november. this does note mean a whole lot. we'll see

will you do that for donald trump. >> the president of the united states is the president of the united states. i believe that i was a hillary clinton supporter but donald trump was elected president. and i think that greeting the president, i did it during the bush years, both the father and the son and i did it with bill clinton and i see no reason not to do it with the president of the united states. and the president's going to be donald trump. and i think again the president of the united states is not just the president of the people who voted for him, he's the president of all of the people. and donald trump is going to be the president and i will shake his hand at the state of the union. >> i will see you at 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning, with your stack of files, that stack of papers, making that aisle seat your office. it will happen in short order. thank you so much for coming in. have a happy, happy holiday. >> thank you, dana. this is what happens when you get interviewed by someone who knows you so well. you have a happy holiday too. >> thanks, congressman. >>> and up next,

it was the united nations for instance, the security council, that authorized the united states to remove iraq from kuwait in 1991 and the united nations security council that sa sanctioned palestine. the u.n. security council has done things they very much like and maybe not everything they like, but donald trump will be well advised to get his briefings, understand the environment into which he's stepping and know that the eun e united nations is an organization that russia would like to have go away as well so if he doesn't want to play into the russians' hands, he needs to be real careful with his tweets. >> i actually disagree with steve. i used to work at the united nations. the only thing good about it is its cafeteria. the lasting legacy might be he's gotten republicans to seriously consider defunding it. we give 22% the united nations funding annually. >> you acknowledge there's value in having an intergovernmental organization where member nations -- >> absolutely, if it tackles the real problems. instead of tackling problems of syria, aleppo, other human rights crises, they've

president obama, the people of the united states of america, and the people around the world, as the prime minister of japan i , i offer my sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their lives here. as well as to the spirits of all the brave men and women whose lives were taken by war that commenced in this place, and also to the souls of the countless innocent people who became innocent victims of the war. we must never repeat the horrors of war again. this is the solemn vow we the people of japan have taken. since the war, we have created a free and democratic country that values the rule of law and we have resolutely upheld our vow never again to wage war. we, the people of japan, will continue to uphold this unwavering principle while harboring quiet pride in the path we have walked as a peaceloving nation since the war ended. to the souls of the servicemen an internal rest -- to the souls of the servicemen who lie in eternal rest aboard the uss arizona, to the american people, and to all of the people around the world, i pledge that unwavering vow here

do you solemnly swear to support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of new york, and that you will faithfully excute the duties of this office as electors of president and vice president of the united states of america to the best of your ability so help you god? ok. you may seek -- be seated. the next order of business is the election of a president of the electoral college. i now call on the honorable lieutenant governor of new york for the the purposes of a nomination. >> madam secretary, it is my pleasure to nominate as president of this electoral college someone i've had the great privilege to work with over the years, a truly progressive leader with great vision, our governor the honorable andrew m. cuomo of westchester county. >> thank you. the chair now recognizes the honorable byron brown. >> thank you madam secretary. it is my pleasure and honor with the children of buffalo's hamlin park school, looking on, to second the nomination of the honorable andrew m. cuomo of westchester county as president of this electoral college. >> thank you, mr

>> a very large portion of the united nations budget comes from the united states. as i said, there is an effort right now to really intimidate politicians in the united states from ever deviating from the benjamin netanyahu line. thisssue of settlements -- is not controversial. there is an effort now to make this controversial, even though it is very clear in international law and agreed on in the international community by everyone except for the israeli riright wing, that settlements are illegal under international law and arne obstacle to division of an independent, contiguous palestinian state. so there is a lot of theater going on. but i think the important thing about all of this, this resolution and so on, is not so much the language about settlements as much as the language about salvaging the two state solution. the desperation that is expressed in this text about the two state solution dying. when you read that t and you consider that the incoming administratition, the trump admiministration, takes a completely different view, takes the benjamin netanyahu

these are similar trends to the united states. i think, on balance western , europe still has better social safety net than the united states has, but the same issues that we have in terms of sustaining the social safety net are evident in europe. host: 15 minutes left with marc levinson, talking about his "an extraordinary time: the end of the post-war boom and return of the ordinary economy." bob in kingwood, texas, a republican, go ahead, bob. caller: yeah, mr. levinson, i want to get your comment on i think you had mentioned unemployment was down. president obama did take advantage of that in his last press conference, but he said that unemployment was down. in fact, jobs are part-time jobs, are they not? and a lot of people who are working are not working very much and their pay is low, that is the first thing. the second thing is, with low interest rates, with zero interest in the interest rates, isn't that a false impression of what our gdp is? i mean for the last eight years, , we've had a low to no interest rate and the e

response,,get your to russia saying communications with the united states, dialogue with united date, relations with the united states, is almost completely frozen expecting a better relationship with donald trump? >> that statement appears to be a general one concerning communications between moscow and washington over a whole host of issues, rather than specifically on the syrian front. i think it is a signal from moscow that they're waiting out the end of this administration, hoping for better things come january 20 when donald trump is inaugurated. nermeen: mouin rabbani, do you think, as some people claim, that iran and russia are the only two state parties that can help to facilitate a political resolution of the conflict in syria, given that they have in terms of external countries, the greatest influence? >> no, by no means would i say they are the only partner. it is my view or -- that a solution to the syrian crisis needs to be found primarily in the region, particularly between iran and saudi arabia. to much greater extent than it needs to be negotiated between the united s

2 is our disciplinary unit. inmates typically arrive at that unit because they cannot follow rules and regulations. they have problems outside obviously doing it. >> the segregation unit consists of two sections, disciplinary segregation where inmates serve short sentences for specific rule violations and administrative segregation or long term segregation. for inmates considered too dangerous or troublesome to be ahoused around others. inmates in both areas wear orange jump suits instead of the green worn in general population. they are housed in single man cells and are only allowed out for one hour per day during which they must be handcuffed and shackled. charles shepherd says the rule violations that landed him in segregation are about as minor as they get. >> i got in trouble for giving a guy some envelopes. i accidentally stepped into it. i meant to go in there but i went inside of his cell to give them to him and that is against the rules. they locked me up and gave me 20 days. i should be out in about e

you're the president-elect of the united states, you're soon to be the president of the united states. a lot of people will try to call you. it doesn't mean you have to be home. just before showtime we got another tweet from the president-elect. interesting how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment, but i should not accept a congratulatory call. if by interesting you mean you're interested in this as a topic, does that mean you're interested in learning more about this as a topic? do you want to know why it is that the united states can sell military equipment to taiwan, but there isn't diplomatic contacted between high-level u.s. officials and the government of taiwan as if we recognize them diplomatically which we no longer do. when you say it's interesting, are you interested in that? are you just intrigued by that, but you're not curious as to why that is? or are you actually interested. if you're interested, there are people who can help you understand this. tonight we got reaction to today's massive shift in american foreign poll soy, from one of the ri

the united united nations has been an important effort in terms of what we have done on racing the profile of human rights. at the time to do is create human rights act was passed in 2004, the united nations and at that time human rights commission had adopted a resolution criticizing north korea for its human rights record. we have continued, through the through the human rights council to adopt with overwhelming votes resolutions that are critical of the north koreans every year since that time.e we have been able to raise issue in the chunnel someplace will with a resolution that is on the verge of being passed this year for the 12th or 14th timen we that we have adopted a resolution in the general assembly. the last two years we've been able to raise the issue of the north korean human rights at the security council. we'll be doing be doing that again sometime in the next couple of weeks where we will raise this issue. there is growing support and growing concern on the part of countries around the world with the human rights situation in north korea.titute efforts i i think the report

this would mean the united states is not only against palestinians, that it would mean the united states and its embassy in tel aviv or in jerusalem, he wasn't there, is going to be -- [indiscernible] this is a very dangerous move. it is irresponsible. it would mean the united states is for the decision -- opposed to the international court of justice. it says that annexation is illegal. and all of these actions by -- international law. amy: i want to turn to some comments, david friedman has made, about jewish groups in the united states. he has frequently attacked groups are, including ththe advocacycy group j street, .omparing them to kapos in a piece published in june, he said j street supporters were actually worse, writing -- "the kapos faced extraordinary cruelty and who knows what any of us would have done under those circumstances to save a loved one? but j street? they are just smug advocates of israel's destruction delivered from the comfort of their secure american sofas -- it's hard to imagine anyone worse." on friday, j street president jeremy ben ami appeared on msnbc . wh

states was less than between the united states and. honduras so one has to see within the context of the rapidly expanding almost exploding economic relationship and there is room for improvement, but it was a good thing that these decisions were made. >> i will come back to that in a moment i think that becaus but e we are sitting of the one world trade, we are at the epicenter of the 9/11 tragedy and i think that today we are celebrating the rebirth of this area that we can come here and hold this event i think it's terrific. what is the role of fighting terrorism in the u.s. china relationship, what is it and what should it be? >> i think that we are threatened by terrorism and a number of where people can be pulled aside to have the beginning of a bilateral discussion. i do agree if they say get the of leaders together in this context of what the region is like coming the united states has to allies of south korea and japan. we have our responsibilities there they keep shifting like uh philippines but that will require a way of us

there's alice griffith. 68 tax credit units. we had 2008 or 39 applications for the 68 units.and 25 cop holders applied. we will know more about the fate of those 25 certificate of preference holders in the coming months. the just beginning their least off and so we don't we think they're kind of active we don't want to report on it now and we get a solid information. then hunters view block seven and 11 over 27-i'm sorry 26 units. their 1947 applications for those 26 units and six cop holders applied and again same situation will have more definitive information about what happened to those six holders as we get closer. we will report back to next year. were this coming year. next year is in a week, right. what is next? so much. we will continue with the value of work. we really are happy to have you guys come in and pull out your cell phones and look at the application once we get we get a unit. once were officially launched with the program. with a database. so we are definitely continuing that work. and we are really really close. i can't reiterate that the developer team

united states marine corps.y may not realize until visiting the uss arizona memorial that a united states marine detachment made up part of each battleship's company. 109 marines lost their lives that day. 105 perished aboard ships in pearl harbor and four were killed in action at the field. representing the united states marine corps is sergeant kempfield and park ranger acok of must next cnew mexico. will all of our marine corps veterans please stand as able? [ applause ] ♪ >> marine corps veterans, please be seated. united states navy. 1,999 sailors lost their lives in the december 7 attacks on pearl harbor. many sailors met their final resting place in these waters directly beneath us, while defending their ships and helping their ship mates escape the burning hulls. many more assisted in rescue and recovery efforts in the days and weeks that followed. representing the united states navy is petty officer first class smith of hawaii and park ranger nickle of florida. will all of our navy veterans please stand

i do this end, i do the seg unit. but i will recommend that you guys go back to 2-4. >> yeah. >> peters has had major conflicts with at least five other inmates and the jail tries to separate likely combatants. >> that makes five units i can't put david peters on, considering i only have 11 units to actually work with here it makes him very difficult to house. >> i'm probably a headache to stangel. i get into fights. these people, these people, he don't know where to put me. everywhere i go i'm going to cause somebody a headache. i'm going to start something. >> see that's the thing, i don't want to put my man in a situation where he's going to go somewhere else. i'm going to make sure he goes somewhere else, too. >> very much like a soap opera, a lot of silly drama. you keep track the best you can. they do the time, go back to another general population unit. sometimes they make it, sometimes they don't. they come back here and i'm left pick up the pieces. >> stangel is on top of his game. he tries his best to -- who