now you can watch us in hd. >> this video went viral with more than 3.5 million viewers. he spoke to law students earlier this year for one hour and 50 minutes. >> thank you, david. thank all of you for coming and it is just wonderful. marsha cohen even gave me a decal the put on my car so i am fully equipped. i really want to acknowledge many of men mentors during this past year in the audience. several of the people here as well they're done a tremendous job. i have to say it was really an absolutely thrilling year. i wouldn't have given it up for the world. the homework was another story. [laughter] today, i want to talk to about what got me to law school in the first place, and hopefully, light a fire under all of you. in the way i first felt this as i started researching the topic. it is appropriate that this talk today be done on the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, because we are going to talk about a different form of oppression, one that is a little bit more pernicious. i also have a dream, and that dream is that our food supply would confer wellness,

now you can watch us in hd. next on c-span, our series on first ladies looks at the life and legacy of jacqueline kennedy. followed by white house coverage with martin o'malley at the jefferson dinner in new hampshire. then paul ryan in iowa at a friend riser -- a fundraiser. >> i think every first lady should do something in this tradition to help the thing that she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best. the entertainment that is given here. >> children are the same the world over and so is our feeling for children. i think it is good in the world, there is quite enough to divide people, so we should cherish the language and the emotion that unites us. >> jacqueline kennedy's 1000 days as first lady was defined by images, young mother, advocate for the arts, fashion icon.

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now you can watch us in hd. >> coming up next, a memorial service for the late tom foley, former speaker of the house. after that, tributes to other former members of congress who passed away recently. and jeb bush honored with the jack kemp foundation leadership award. >> this week, as is obama and former president clinton joined members at a memorial service for former house speaker tom foley. .e was a democrat the last five years, he was speaker of the house. the service was hold in the u.s. capitol's statue a tory hall -- statuary hall. 1.5 hours.s than >> president obama delivered the remarks at a memorial service >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors, the singing of the united states national anthem, and the retiring of the colors. >> ? oh 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

now you can watch us in hd. >> now a discussion on u.s. diplomatic efforts in mutz limb countries. we'll hear from foreign service officer walter douglas who spoke at the center for strategic and international event for 50 minutes. >> john was hinting at the origin of this report. it went up on the website last week. i am not going to go through it because i think you can read it, but i want to point out how the things came about and where it takes us. as john said, what was fascinating, as we looked at 26 reports since 9/11 dealing with the middle east, how amazing it was that how few of them had been spoken to the officers in the field. in the sense of we have a lot of advice coming, that the best they can come up with is give public diplomacy more money. money does not solve all the problems. and so that was one of the incentives for doing this. what goes on over there? how does it work? i've been associated with public diplomacy and spent the past 10 years working in that region. the arab middle east, pakistan, afghanistan, and if you look at the officers in that region to come

cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local satellite provider and now you can watch us in hd. >> jonathan karl asked jay carney about the enrollment problems. here's some of that exchange. >> the answer is yes, as was reported widely at the time. the whole point is that c.m.f. is what g an account led to the bulk of issues. initially, on the launch of the marketplaces on october 1, you were not able to do that by phone. and in response to the trouble that users were having online, the unacceptable trouble they ere having, we bulked up the staffing of call centers and made it possible for individuals to call and enroll and sign up and bypass the creation of an account so that could be handled septemberers. the applications are processed through healthcare.gov and we it.working to fix the user experience was to alleviate the frustration that so many americans were having online and take that frustration away from them and allow a live person to handle their questions and their sign-ups and enrollment for them. it was a known fact at the time. we never pretended otherwise. as yo

now, you can watch us in hd. >> also speaking at the event, general martin dempsey. a wide-ranging interview covering afghanistan, iraq, and the threat of cyber attacks. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> well, general dempsey, thanks very much for joining us. you heard a lot about leadership in our last session. it seems to be the topic here in washington. everybody seems to be searching for it. we have a room full of ceos. they manage 5 million employees. you alone have 2 million in uniform. so i figured you do more performance reviews than they do. [laughter] we thought we'd come to you. so did chris christie get it right? it's smarts, loyalty and the people that you hire, and then the courage to make a decision? is that what leadership is? >> i think those attributes -- first of all, by the way, thanks for being here. congratulations for being here. it's an indicator that you actually want to think about something that ought to be all of our kind of our core if we're in those positions where we migrate to the top of our organizations. just the term "leadership" is

now you can watch us in hd. >> up next, i series on first ladies continues with a look at the life ofine kennedy. after that, maryland governor martin o'malley, speaking in manchester, new hampshire, followed by remarks from paul part of c-span's run to the white house 2016 coverage. ♪ >> i think every first lady should do something in this tradition to help the thing that she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best. the entertainment that is given here. children are the same the world over and so is our feeling for children. i think it is good in the world, there is quite enough to divide people, so we should cherish the language and the emotion that unites us. >> jacqueline kennedy's 1000 days as first lady was defined images -- political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy's assassination and funeral that nt

now you can watch us in hd. kagan discussing the working of the u.s. supreme court. choose the days before the opening of the term. over one hour. we appreciate your service in this role. my family and i are welcoming justice kagan to the university of alabama. we are honored by your presence. i want to give you first a few vital statistics about our speaker. she was born in new york city. she received her a.b. from princeton. then she went to oxford where she was awarded a masters of philosophy. then she got a jd from harvard law school. after law school, she clerked for a judge in the united states court of appeals. then she clerked for justice marshall. then she became a law professor at the university of chicago. she went from there to serve at president clinton's administration in several roles. then she went back to teaching at harvard. she was subsequently named as dean of harvard law school. she was the first female dean of the law school there. in 2009, president obama nominated her for solicitor general of the united states. she served in that office for a f

and now, you can watch us in hd. >> on friday, the house passed a bill that would allow health insurance companies to sell health plans through 2014 that do not meet the minimum requirements under the health care law. that vote took place just a day after president obama proposed changes that would allow people who received cancellation notices to keep their plans for another year. next, a roundtable discussion from this morning's washington journal about the future of the health care law in light of the actions by congress and the president. >> two publications represented on the sunday roundtable. michael warren, the staff writer for "the weekly standard," and paul walden, thank you for being with us. i wanted to get with you because you have this memo to democratic chicken little, the sky is not falling. the headlines focusing on the beginning of the end when it comes to domestic agenda items. >> i think we have the tendency to believe -- whatever is happening right now is going to be that way forever. you might remember a couple of months ago people were saying that the fact that bar

ou can watch us in hd. >> the privacy and oversight board met on monday. they talked about the amount of oversight in the process. next, a portion of that meeting with one of the former judges. we will hear from officials who previously served at the justice department. this is a little over an hour and 10 minutes. >> we are pleased to have james baker, who was formerly with the , judgeent of justice .arr from the district of ohio mark sillinger, a former doj attorney at the computer crime and electrical property section. these make your remarks and then afterwards we will have five minutes for each of the board members. >> thank you very much. i would like to thank the board for inviting me back. it is an honor to be here and an honor to be able to discuss these kinds of issues in this type of setting. i appreciate the opportunity. i have just a couple of quick comments. the focus of our discussion is on 702 of the fisa amendment act and 215 of the patriot act. while these are very important statutorily authorized and judicial he reviewed surveillance prog

you can watch us in hd. >> the heritage foundation discussion today on the deal reached with iran this past weekend regarding the country's remaining gram and sanctii -- economic sanctions. >> good afternoon welcome to the heritage foundation. who course welcome those oin us on our heritage.org website and c-span and in the future. we remind all our internet us by can be sent to emailing. we will of course post the program on our heritage website for everyone's future reference as well. osting our discussion today a doctor. he previously served here as for r research fellow defense and homeland security special us by versed in operations and saoeub cyber security. e served for three decades as an army special forces officer and top pentagon official. he continued at deputy agon as assistants homeland defense. lead consultant on ibm policy.r lease join me in welcoming dr. steve. to tell you we seldom et the timing of this right on an event. this event was planned thinking the ond be commenting on going discussions, instead we ow have to comment on what apparently is a deal. a rare treat

now you can watch us in hd. the environmental protection agency held a public meeting to discuss carbon emission regulations on existing power plants. that meeting is one of several scheduled by the -- epa to seek input from the public. this is a little more than an hour and a half. >> thank you all very much for coming to participate in today's session, which is part of what is now an ongoing national to helption intended the environmental protection agency and the state determine promising approaches to reducing carbon pollution's from existing power plants. power plants are the nation's single largest source of carbon pollution, a source we must address as we work to address time -- climate change and one of the most significant health risks of our time. science tells us that climate change is real. human activities are fueling that change and we must take action now to avoid most devastating consequences. in june, president obama called on agencies across the federal government, including epa, to take action

you can watch us in hd. secretary of state john kerry spoke today at a white house summit on business investment. secretary kerry spoke about the administration's stance on free trade and the state department role in foreign business investment. it was cohosted by the u.s. commerce department and select usa. this is 35 minutes. >> leads welcome to the stage any pritzker. -- please welcome to the stage penny pritzker. [applause] >> good morning. i hope everyone had a great first day. [cheers and applause] i went to start with a big thank you to the select usa team in all of the folks who have made this summit happen. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] it was great to hear from president obama yesterday. he said when you bet on america, that that pays off. -- that bet pays off. i could not agree more. he also announced that the select usa program will be stepping up its game in a number of ways. attracting business investment will be a major priority for commerce and the state department, inclu

you can watch us in hd. bucks coming up on c-span, a veterans day ceremony. by a look atwed the divide between civilian and military populations. how the veteran affairs department is assisting returning veterans. >> monday, the u.s. postal service margin veterans day by honoring world war ii recipients. it was hosted by the friends of the national >> a beautiful day in washington dc. we are glad to have everyone. i'm the director of events for the national war memorial. it's not my privilege to introduce the master of ceremonies. he is a board member >> thank you, sir. >> good morning. earthquake damage repairs. the national martin luther king jr. memorial. and, the national world war ii memorial. 10's experience and knowledge of the site is invaluable. we partner with the national park service on their ongoing maintenance and upkeep efforts at the world war ii memorial. ladies and joe men it is my distinct honor to introduce mr. kenneth terry. >> thank you, sir. >> good morning. it is my great honor to be your master of ceremonies this morning as we commemo

you can watch us in hd. >> the atlantic council hosted an event examining the security of south asia, specifically afghanistan and iran. panelists discussed the regional interests of the u.s., russia, and pakistan. nice cold clear day in washington and is probably the same in geneva. i hope if there is news from there, you will let us know. there is a connection between what is going on in geneva and what is happening here. if there is a nuclear agreement or improvement in relations between the u.s. and iran, it is going to have an impact on iran's role in the region. we are focused on the eastern neighbors, specifically afghanistan, pakistan, and india. iran is considered a middle eastern country but is historically as strong if not stronger with its eastern neighbors. and south asia. iran will be a pivotal player as it has been all along in afghanistan, especially next year as the u.s. and nato began to withdraw some if not all of their forces. they have recommendations for u.s. policy. helping role afghanistan manage water resources which is a key issue for iran as a downstream nei

now you can watch us in hd. >> it is one of the busiest holiday travel seasons of the year. we learn more in washington journal. host: the scene from union station, as we continue our focus on transportation this day before thanksgiving. frank n. wilner is a contributing editor for "railway age magazine," and the author of the book "amtrak -- past, present, future." amtrak was created to deal with america's rail transportation infrastructure. how has it been doing? guest: it was created to deal with a railroad crisis at the time. passenger railroading was divided by privately owned freight railroads from the 1800's until amtrak's creation, but after world war ii, america began spending excessively, almost, on highways and aviation, and passengers started moving from trains to their cars, which are quite convenient, two airplanes. also, because of the building of highways, a lot of great started to move from the railroads to the highways, and america's railroads suffered financially. they started going bankrupt, and one of the solutions was to take from the freight railroads t

you can watch us in hd. we are back.joining us from san francisco this morning to continue our conversation about renewable energy is joseph desmond. he is the senior vice president of marketing and governor -- government affairs for brightsource energy. , whato talk about ivanpah is this? guest: it is concentrating solar thermal power plant. most people think of the panels you see on rooftops. we are using a field of mirrors and they track this done -- the sun on two axes. it focuses the sunlight onto a tower. produced is sent through a turbine. host: where is this taking place? guest: just on the edge of california. 40 miles south of las vegas. it is an area that has fantastic son. -- sun. that is exactly where it is. it is located adjacent to a 36 hole golf course. it is across the highway from three casinos. it is right along highway 15. host: when did construction began and when will it be ready to go? the permittinged process back in 2006. the actual construction began in october 2010. we closed financing in the sp

now you can watch us in hd. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined now by trey gowdy. joining us.r speaker john boehner has said he went not take up the immigration session.ll this international business times republican house of representatives does not want an immigration reform bill that looks like the senate's. what will we see in an immigration bill? guest: we passed the safe act, which provides internal security. verify -- e-ve rify and a highly skilled visa bill. we had hearings last week on the injury exit visa system. if the affordable care act has taught us anything, it is that there is not much appetite for large pieces of legislation that are not easily understood. all of your viewers would concede that there is a big difference between high skilled that tech companies might want and the safe act, which law enforcement needs to enforce immigration law. you put those two pieces of legislation together that have nothing to do with one another? host: the bill provides double side of the border control. why do you prefer t

you can watch us in hd. >> a reporter talks about the problems with the governments health care website i congressional oversight of the new health care law. from washington journal, this is one hour and 20 minutes. guest is carl "politico." why don't we start with the house vote on friday to remind us exactly what the house is voting on. how is it different? >> the house voted friday pretty .trongly for a bill not a fan of the affordable care act. this was the keep your health plan act or something along those lines. it was intended to get at the issue of people whose plans are getting canceled. differs is his plan according to supporters of the affordable care act would undermine the law by allowing people to sign up nearly for some of the plans that do not meet the requirements of the affordable care act. it is a plan of getting phased out because of the lack of benefits require the upton bill not only to keep those plans but to sign up for those plans newly in 2014. the president's was different in the sense that he does not want people to remain on those plans long term. period.ivi

industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider and now you can watch us in hd. >> a group of republican governors discussed their party's message for future elections. rick perry of texas, john k-6, and mary fallin talked about some of the policies they have adopted and how they can rezulin -- how they can resonate with voters. this event was part of the annual meeting of republican governors held recently in scottsdale, arizona. >> thank you for being here. if you could come in and take your seats, we will start right away. we will talk about messaging in 2014 and what we have to do to actually have a more successful 2014 and 2016 than we had last year. i have to tell you it is so great to have governors up here that are actually getting things done in their own state of life, unfortunately, too many washington republicans. i am looking at john kasich right now and i am so glad he is here. he is the reason i got into politics. so you can blame john. i was 28 years old and i was watching john on the house floor. and instead of john just saying we don't like bil

now you can watch us in hd. kagan discussing the working of the u.s. supreme court. se the days before the opening of the term. over one hour. we appreciate your service in this role. my family and i are welcoming justice kagan to the university of alabama. we are honored by your presence. i want to give you first a few vital statistics about our speaker. she was born in new york city. she received her a.b. from princeton. then she went to oxford where she was awarded a masters of philosophy. then she got a jd from harvard law school. after law school, she clerked for a judge in the united states court of appeals. then she clerked for justice marshall. then she became a law professor at the university of chicago. she went from there to serve at president clinton's administration in several roles. then she went back to teaching at harvard. she was subsequently named as dean of harvard law school. she was the first female dean of the law school there. in 2009, president obama nominated her for solicitor general of the united states. she served in that office for a full

now you can watch us in hd. >> on wednesday, the u.s. supreme court heard oral argument on the practice of opening government meetings with a prayer. town of greece versus galloway. the court will decide whether the law file its the first amendment ban on the government law against government and religion. this case examines whether there should be different rules for local council meetings. this oral argument is about an hour. >> we'll hear argument first this morning in case 12-696, the town of greece v. galloway. mr. hungar. >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court -- the court of appeals correctly held that the legislative prayers at issue in this case were not offensive in the way identified as problematic in marsh, but the court then committed legal error by engrafting the endorsement test onto marsh as a new barrier to the practice of legislative prayer. >> mr. hungar, i'm wondering what you would think of the following: suppose that as we began this session of the court, the chief justice had called a minister

now you can watch us in hd. yesterday, president obama announced a deal has been leached -- reached with iran on the nuclear program. he spoke from the white house dining room. >> good evening. states withnited our close allies and partners took an important first step towards a comprehensive solution that addresses our concerns with the islamic republic of iran's nuclear program. i have made clear my determination to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. as i have said many times, my strong preference is to resolve this issue peacefully. we have extended the hand of diplomacy. has beenyears, iran unwilling to meet its obligations to the international community. administration worked with congress, the united nations security council, and countries around the world to impose unprecedented sanctions on the iranian government. these sanctions have had a substantial impact on the iranian economy. with the election of a new president earlier this year, an opening for diplomacy emerged. i spoke personally wit

now, you can watch us in hd. >> now congressman mack thornberry talks about trying to change the way the defense department spends money and gives security clearances. the texas republican is heading initiative for the house armed services committee for the pentagon acquisition process. the international cities hosted this one-hour event. >> welcome, everyone. i cannot afford the billing hours that are in this room right now, we better get started. welcome, everybody. i was in abu dhabi when i said that mack thornberry was -- when i heard that mack thornberry was going to give a big announcement. i got back. it was three hours ago. the most important thing for me to do is get away from the stage quickly because i will make mistakes if i try to stay here. i can't resist. i wanted to say that i was in abu dhabi this last weekend, two weeks before that, i was in tokyo at a conference. and two weeks before that, in seoul. and every place, i'm hearing the same thing. it is what the hell are you doing to yourselves. they want america to be a global leader. they see what we're doing, and th

now you can watch us in hd. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from boston is jon kingsdale. being with much for us here again on c-span. begin me began -- let me by having you explain what was your role and the massachusetts health care law. it was an exchange for folks who did not have insurance, folks of low and moderate income. it ensures about 200 50,000 people. i did it for the first -- 250,000 people. i did it for- the first four years. host: what is your confidence level that the health-care exchanges will be workable? guest: it will be better than it is today. it will not be perfect. this will be a work in progress for some months to come. continue tos to improve it, as we did in massachusetts. you have been quoted as saying it is more than just a website problem. explain. the small insurance markets have not functioned well in this country. we have over 50 million uninsured. it is climbing. an entire set of reforms. there are market rules. elements all sorts of to make the insurance markets work for the uninsured and fo

now you can watch us in hd. >> if you are a middle or high school student, the student camp competition to know, what's the most important issue congress should address in 2014? your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20. get more information at studentcam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. to welcome the chairman of the john f. kennedy library foundation, ken feinberg. we will be focusing on what happened 50 years ago. this was the bulletin from upi as reprinted from the "chicago sun-times." thechicago perl -- told world that president kennedy is dead. where were you? guest: i was a freshman at the university of massachusetts at amherst, walking to class. the news spread like wildfire. nobody believed it. class was adjourned and we all went home. why 50 years later do we still feel compelled to reflect on the kennedy presidency? was this a turning point in the 20th century? guest: it is what might have been a turning point. the reason i think there is so much interest in the legacy of president kennedy is for what ,is administration stood for this not

now you can watch us in hd. al"shington journla continues. each week we take a look at how your money is being spent and put to work. joinseek, nick timiraos, us from new york to talk about the federal housing administration which for the first time asked for and received a transport -- transfer from the treasury department to stabilize its position. it came out to one point $7 billion. for those folks that may not be familiar with the fha, what is it and why didn't need these funds? >> the federal housing administration is a major gearing towards mortgages for single-family -- guarantee your of mortgages in the united states. it has played a big role since the housing bust deepened beginning in 2007 when private mortgage capital over traded. the fha went from a very small player to a phenomenally large player during the bust. if you have gotten a mortgage over the past few years and have not had a five percent or 10% down payment, there is a really good chance your loan was backed by the fha. insures loans that meet standards from banks, lar

and now you can watch us in hd. >> this weekend, but tv looks back at the life and death of our 35thresident on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. beginning saturday at 1:30 eastern. and authors panel relives november 22, 1963. it is all part of book tv on c- span2. thoughts on our chat boo at oak tv.org -- at ktv.org/bookclub. we are joined by guy is on foreign policy for the washington times. this week you had an article in the washington times. i want to read some of it this morning. you wrote -- walk us through that. guest: the reason i wanted to get into this was the thentially ugly precedent united states has set using a remote control airplanes to fire missiles at high-value suspected terrorist targets in other countries, particularly pakistan, yemen, somalia, libya. have ad at this point to deeper national discussion about where this new 21st-century, very futuristic warfare is going and the president washington has -- before he became director of the cia john brennan made a speech where he said it would be naive for washington and americans to assume other world powe

and now, you can watch us in hd. >> "washington journal" continues. >> matt lewis is back at our table this morning. he writes a column for the daily caller called "the week." let's begin with what happened last week during the november 2013 off year election. what do you make? guest: it is interesting. republicans you have three big races to talk about. the least was in alabama, which was a special election congressional race, a primary where you had bradley byrne, the more business backed republican, defeat a guy named dean young, which was the tea party candidate. that was "the empire strikes back your code that was the republican party reasserting its authority -- "the empire strikes back." the republican party reasserting its authority. how does a republican win a blue margin? such a wide great news if you are here public and. in virginia, i have seen opportunity. i think republicans have a chance to pick up, to win that race did -- that race. it was a perfect storm of problems that conspire to defeat ken cuccinelli. he'll ended up losing by a very narrow margin. everyone thought

now you can watch us in hd. >> during the president's , it was trip to china noticed how mrs.ixon was looking at a package of said ites, and he understand you also admire the pandas at the zoo. --said, aren't they darling she said, aren't they darling? that they would donate pandas to the national zoo. it was at the end of the trips where news reports would come out talking about the president this way, but they would always say what a wonderful job pat nixon did. >> first lady pat nixon, tonight at 9:00 eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: each week in this segment we take a look at how your money is at work, and this week we are joined by reuters special thatprise correspond or correspondent scott paltrow, talking about his series "unaccountable." we want to start with this recent story from november 18 which expend ash which attempt to display in why the pentagon since 1996, according to your story, $8.5 trillion in appropriations that by law should have been audited has not been for stop how did this happen? congressll, basically and the white house let them g

now you can watch us in hd. >> if you are a middle school our high school student, the c- span student competition wants to know what the most important issue is that congress should address next year. you have a chance of the grand 100,000 $5,000, with dollars in total prizes. get more info at studentcam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. on wednesdays we take a look at our spot line -- spotlight magazine articles, today taking a look at "wired magazine." inside there is this piece, "how to say bit cloying." the author is joining us -- bit tcoin." -- bi the author is joining us this morning. let's start with -- what is bit coin? a form of money born in the digital age for the digital era. to sendway for people money back and forth that is as close to friction free as we have ever seen. it is simultaneously indicative inthe explosive growth interest in alternative currencies, alternative to the euro, what have you, yet it is completely unique and unlike anything we have ever really seen in the past when it comes to different kinds of money out there. host: how is it used? it is us

you can watch us in hd. >> i've spent a lot of time dealing with the fcc in my life.and it is important that the agency make decisions and make decisions in a timely fashion. there is nothing worse than investment, innovation, concretion, all the things that flow from investment -- job creation, all the things that flow from investment, then businesses not knowing what the role czar. -- what the rules are. ischairman wheeler absolutely right. with a slow-moving agency like this that bill of rights for months, even years on and, it really does create uncertainty, and uncertainty is the enemy of business. business needs certainty to be able to invest, and if there is one thing we need in the united states in terms of broadband acting medications --rastructure, we need broadband and communications infrastructure, we need investment with dispatch as the chairman might say. tonight on "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. host: and you are seeing a live shot from arlington national cemetery, the tomb of the unknowns, where president obama will be participati

now you can watch us in hd. journal"ington continues. back.welcome a discussion about the state of poverty in america. one in six americans are in poverty. what does that mean and who is the hardest hit? guest: the average listener is thinking significant material deprivations. the average newscaster will flash to a homeless family, but roughly 46 is million americans who are labeled by the government as poor, only one percent of them are homeless at any given point in time. close to 50% of all poor families actually own their own homes, typically a three-bedroom house with 1.5 bath. the typical poor family, according to census numbers, lives in a perfectly large house or apartment that is in good repair. about 80% have air conditioning. two thirds have cable or satellite tv. half of them have imputed. half of them have internet access. about a third of them have widescreen hdtv. theou ask them during course of the year, were your hungryn hundred very -- for a single day during the course of the year. four out of five people will say no.

now, you can watch us in hd. journal"ngton continues. want to welcome ginger gibson. topic is minimum wage and efforts to raise it. reporter, isional there anything going on in congress to raise the minimum wage? guest: there are some discussions in the senate. it would raise the minimum wage from seven -- $7.25 to $10 and $.10 -- $10.10. those discussions in the senate, backed by democrats, appeared to be growing. there is support to vote on a bill by year's and. end. the big question will be what will happen in the house. host: what will happen in the house? is there effort to push this? they're trying to press republicans saying they support the minimum wage and republicans do not. houseis no sign that republicans would bring the bill to a vote. democrats offered an amendment to a jobs bill that would have raised the minimum wage to nine dollars. the publicans voted against it. they all opposed the amendment. i'm sure you saw the lead story this morning in "the washington post." this is talking specifically about counties in the city of washington, d.c. to increase

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now, you can watch us in hd. journal"hington continues - - reaganhe scene at national airport as airlines for delta, american airlines repair for take off on one of the busiest travel days of the year. we want to welcome bart jansen. mergeregin with the between us airways and american airlines. it now means we will go from 10 major carriers over the past decade 24. ofst: there has been a bunch consolidation. d started joining with northwest . united and continental joined. southwest bought airtran. we are winning for the final approval of the american and us airways merger to go ahead. they had been hoping to finish in mid-december but that has been questioned. editorial,e share an calling this merger unwise, simplethis is a concerned the justice department expressed, the four big airlines will have an even greater incentive to raise fares and fees because consumers will have fewer choices. is that the case? guest: that is the greatest concern, prices will go up, go up.-- flights will direct flights being reduced

now, you can watch us in hd. >> "washington journal" continues. queue search gives a good update on the affordable care act, where it is and where it is going. when i was told the house vote on friday. remind us exactly what the house is voting on. how was it different from what the president was saying before? the house voted strongly for a bill proposed by fred upton. which was called the kindred healthcare act or something along the lines was intended to get along with the issue of people who were losing their healthcare. accordingent's plan to the supporters would undermine the law by allowing people to sign up newly for some of these plans that don't meet the requirements of the affordable care act. in other words, if a plan was getting phased out because it lacked benefits of the affordable care act, the epson bill would allow people not only to keep those plans, but also sign up for them newly in 2014. the president's proposal differed in that he didn't want people to be honest plans long term. he provided a grace. for those people who migh

now, you can watch us in hd. >> "washington journal" continues.ost: our guest joining us now is marc mauer. he is with the sentencing project. a recent op-ed of yours has the headline -- reducing crime by reducing incarceration. what is the connection? puttingasically, we are to the fuel in prison for far too long. i think it is really now pretty much well put that whatever income incarceration has on crime it is really one of diminishing returns at the scale that we have today, more than 2 million people behind bars, the u.s. has become a world leader in using imprisonment. so if we could reduce the incarceration, people who do not need to be there or who are there for john, we can reinvest with early intervention, prevention, treatment. been any there connection with the length of prison sentences and the reduction of crime in the u.s.? guest: prison population has gone up for four decades now, crime has gone up during some of those periods, got down during some of those periods as well. the best we know is that the reduction crime since the 199

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now you can watch us in hd. "washington journal" continues.t: we are back and our conversation continues about the first month of healthcare.gov. 106,185ers are out -- are signed up for both federal and state health care exchanges. when you break that number down, according to "usa today" and others, only 26,794 signed up through the federal website healthcare.gov. " --headline from "usa today "a shocking shortfall." we want to get your thoughts on that. host: you can also send us a tweet or post your thoughts on facebook.com/c-span. that is on the front page of "usa today." on the front page of "the washington journal" -- "in the preferredwhite house administration remedies to the officialre coming, but suggested wednesday that president obama was open to a bill that would require insurers to require insurers to continuing offering plans that were in existence this year, even if it meant reinstating ones that had been canceled because they did not meet the health standards. the magnitude will become clear friday when the house is set to vote

and now you can watch us in hd. .> a look now at iran the world affairs council of las vegas hosted middle east expert jerrold geen. the coverage begins by describing the current situation with iran and he then introduces the luncheon speaker. this is just over an hour. >> i'm delighted to see you all here. are you able to hear me in the back? excellent. >> can you make it louder? >> louder? really? ok. i will try. ok. how is it now? can you hear me now? ok. perfect. now i can hear myself, too. we are all delighted to see you here today. already, our president has recognized the dignitaries who are here. i am very pleased to present our speaker today. this is a critical moment between the u.s. and iran. as we all know. it is in the headlines. between iran and its regional neighbor, friends, and foes. we are on the eve of potential negotiations on iran's nuclear activities. there's a new president in office in tehran. we are privileged to host two- day one of our country's today one of our countries knowledge one long-term experts. in theon -- on iran middle east and a personal friend of mi

in marin county. stay with us abc for continuing coverage you can track weather where you are, any time, with live doppler 7 hdon abc7news.com and follow us on twitter. >>> in philippines, the airport in tacloban shows signs of progress after the airplane was destroyed in the typhoon haiyan but now is a relief hub. planes can evacuate people from the area and dozens of aid flights are arriving each day with food, water and supplies to thousands of storm survivors who remain. we teamed up with the men red cross and took calls from donors for 12 hours year. guess what? a total of $104,431 was raised during that time and the red cross says the money will go directly to the philippines for relief and recovery efforts. thank you to all the news viewers for your support. >> a new claim of police brutality is surrounding the bay area police department and it all started with officers stopping a bicyclist. the protests planned for later today. >> a pickup crashes in the east but it is no ordinary accident and haz-mat responded to the scene. >> from our sutro camera, is that clouds we see in the distance? we have rain

us to have an independent accurate record of what happened and what our officers do. >> reporter: the current camera technology in use here in palo alto dates to 2006. the cameras are not hd quality. the new system will be hd and there will be four separate cameras mounted all around the officer's car giving you a 360- degree view of what is happening all around the officer. police say the camera system will protect the officers from the public and vice versa. >> this system protects our officers against complaints and it allows the administration to verify that our officers are doing police work the way that we want them to do it. >> reporter: one of the major improvements according to police is that the cameras will upload that video to a secure police server the minute they drive into the stationhouse. no more connecting any wires. it will all happen wirelessly. this issue will be taken up by the palo alto city council when it meets in about 10 minutes. len ramirez, kpix 5. >> more than 3,000 police agencies in the world are deploying body-worn cameras. >>> coming up in the next half hour, why a bay area school might ditch its mascot. and how that could have a ripple e

need to find whatever you use to stay dry, the shoes, umbrella, different coat, you need it starting tomorrow. our biggest concern is the fog in the north bay with live doppler 7 hd a quarter-mile visibility in napa and three quarters in santa rosa and the rest of us are okay. as we look downtown at the bay bridge from sutro tower we have clean air over the bay area. we will have clouds gathering in the sky that will get thicker throughout the day and keep the temperatures seasonal and stay drive. the first wave of rain is tomorrow and we will have rain through wednesday and the possibility of showers also through thursday but the heaviest rain is going to fall tomorrow and into wednesday morning. temperatures today even with the clouds we will hit 59 in milpitas and 64 in gilroy. low-to-mid 60's on the if lanes and redwood city at 63. half moon bay is a warm spot along the coast is 58 and sunset at 57 and 57 in sausalito and 58 in petaluma and sonoma and everyone else at 60 to 62 degrees. the beaches are 56 at bodega bay. we along the east bay shore, hayward and san leandro and newark and richmond in the upper 50's and everyone else around 60 to 62 and we will h

us what is coming. good evening. >> sandhya is tracking that storm with life doppler 7 hd for us right now. sandhya. >> yes. some rain has already reached the ground in the north bay. let's check out live doppler 7hd radar tracking it. so far only/100ths inch in santa rosa and i take you closer here. ukiah 6 hundredths of an inch. clover dale, healdsburg zooming in closer light rain here hasn't made it very far past santa rosa. i do want to show you computer animation here and see is what coming here for your morning commute. start of rush hour includes wet roadways. it is going to be slow going. have your umbrella. back to let you know how much written to expect and how long you in he had to hang on to the rain goor. >> thanks very much. women. well of course we need the rape but we don't need dangerous commute so we need to be careful in the morning. first real rain make road slick from the oil buildup obviously. nick smith is live near the golden gate bridge tonight. nick here we go. >> here we go dan. highway patrol would like to see cars continuing to move along the freeway just like that without incident. but they say history is any indication,

us what is coming. good evening. >> sandhya is tracking that storm with life doppler 7 hd for us right now. sandhya. >> yes. some rain has already reached the ground in the north bay. let's check out live doppler 7hd radar tracking it. so far only/100ths inch in santa rosa and i take you closer here. ukiah 6 hundredths of an inch. clover dale, healdsburg zooming in closer light rain here hasn't made it very far past santa rosa. i do want to show you computer animation here and see is what coming here for your morning commute. start of rush hour includes wet roadways. it is going to be slow going. have your umbrella. back to let you know how much written to expect and how long you in he had to hang on to the rain goor. >> thanks very much. women. well of course we need the rape but we don't need dangerous commute so we need to be careful in the morning. first real rain make road slick from the oil buildup obviously. nick smith is live near the golden gate bridge tonight. nick here we go. >> here we go dan. highway patrol would like to see cars continuing to move along the freeway just like that without incident. but they say history is any indication,

us what is coming. good evening. >> sandhya is tracking that storm with life doppler 7 hd for us right now. sandhya. >> yes. some rain has already reached the ground in the north bay. let's check out live doppler 7hd radar tracking it. so far only/100ths inch in santa rosa and i take you closer here. ukiah 6 hundredths of an inch. clover dale, healdsburg zooming in closer light rain here hasn't made it very far past santa rosa. i do want to show you computer animation here and see is what coming here for your morning commute. start of rush hour includes wet roadways. it is going to be slow going. have your umbrella. back to let you know how much written to expect and how long you in he had to hang on to the rain goor. >> thanks very much. women. well of course we need the rape but we don't need dangerous commute so we need to be careful in the morning. first real rain make road slick from the oil buildup obviously. nick smith is live near the golden gate bridge tonight. nick here we go. >> here we go dan. highway patrol would like to see cars continuing to move along the freeway just like that without incident. but they say history is any indication,

using alternates. we have a warm-up in the forecast. our live doppler 7 hd shows no runs, for cloud cover. that is making it cooler. it will warm up with plenty of sunshine in the forecast today and this morning and this welcome. you can see the sky and the morning lights are coming through the high clouds. if san francisco you can see twinkling lights and a beautiful morning but cool. there is a pacific storm that was going to visit us and it went to the southeast of us and is affecting more of southern california where we had 20 percent chance of rain for southern california, los angeles, warmer temperatures today. it is replaced by cool air coming from alaska that will come in at sunday into monday and monday into tuesday with freezing temperatures for the north bay and the hills. for california the temperatures are in the upper 60's to lower 70's and 68 in chico and 50 degrees in lake tahoe and 57 in yosemite. we will have moisture on tuesday into thursday. 65 in san mateo and the north bay upper 60's. mid-to-upper 60's moving inland. lows tonight are chilly in the north bay at 36 degr

. >> live doppler seven hd, looks like weather offering us something for which to be thankful. i'll vavt coming up in just a moment as eeshgs more than 43 million people will be traveling for thanksgiving holiday, 90% will be driveing. >> seems most of them are on the road here is a will being at traffic maps you can see in red, congested areas are right now. especially along 680 and bay bridge. you can see a slight red between san francisco and oakland taking a look at interstate 80 this is our camera looking towards berkeley. just jam packed in both directions. >> let's take you for a look at south bay now. here is a look at camera on highway 101 in san jose. traffic on overcrossing there, interstate 80, you can see, 80 is moving nicely. >> i want to show you that, is it for the traffic shot. grocers bracing for last minute shopping rush. if you haven't finished buying what you need you're not alone. we're live where the parking is packed. david? >> there is no questi there is a lot of foot traffic going into grocery stores people prepare to cook up a storm tomorrow, number one item on everyone's l