like us on hd, facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> this morning, peter baker discusses president obama'sforeign and defense policy goals. ofn the executive director the treatment advocacy center talks about the calls for an overhaul of the u.s. mental health system, after last weekend's california shooting spree. later, a wall street journal reporter looks at the climate initiative that will be announced on monday. and we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. >> as commander in chief i am proud of the service members. as usual they performed with extraordinary courage and professionalism and they made their nation proud. host: good morning. the president made his comments last night in the rose garden of the white house. today sergeant byrd all is in recovering. his releases sparking a new debate with members of congress over whether we

on us on hd, follow us twitter, like us on facebook. > up next on american history tv, a panel of scholars discuss totalitarian and communist governments since the 1930s with an emphasis on world ii, the cold war, and america's involvement in the middle east. sponsored by james and american m ideals and institutions, and texas tech university. this program is an hour and a half. >> this is a privilege for me. when i arrived in prince ton in 1986, at the age of 17, one of the faculty i met a young scholar, first year as an assistant professor. robby.s been pleased to work with him in a number of occasions in the last 30 years, i could hardly believe it. and the presentation to the hamilton society. he elements of the community said i wrote my junior role in bulier and s of threatened to teach them unless imperialist he patriarch i can of 17th century france. in to threats,ng ravy and brad scheduled this for 8:45 in the morning. are those who view foreign policy mainly as a tool for responding to threats. see the international state ystem as largely or at least potentially self-sustaining, a

watch us on hd and follow us on twitter. >> on c-span today, " washington journal" is next.chris van hollen speak about the budget priorities. live at noon, the u.s. house returns for work on 14 bills, naming federal buildings and the bill to allow the capital wrote conduct to be used to present a congressional gold medal to the israeli president. up in 45 minutes, we hear from john negroponte on the , a former u.s.aq ambassador and former intelligence director. ornstein on eric cantor's by mary lawson what it means for polarization in congress. and, when they young talks about -- linda young talks about her groups work to help unaccompanied immigrant miners. host: good morning. it is tuesday, june 17, 2014. the house is back in session starting at noon and the first vote in the senate takes place at 11:00 a.m. but the unfolding crisis in iraq is likely to continue to dominate the discussion on both ends of pennsylvania avenue today. president obama inform congress of a new personnel deployment to protect the u.s. embassy in iraq and there are talks with iranian officials on

watch us on hd, follow us on twitter. on may 13, 1939, the department ediner departed germany bound for cuba with 938 passengers, almost all of whom were jews fleeing the third reich. they were refused entry into cuba, then later refused entry into the united states. up next, scott miller talks about his book, refuge denied: the st. louis passengers and the holocaust. mr. miller details the fate of the passengers after they return to europe and he's joined by other scholars and a survivor of the holocaust who was a passenger on the trip, to talk about the refugees and the policies of countries involved. the jewish museum of florida at florida international university hosted this event. this is 90 minutes. >> i'm here today to talk about an unsolved mystery that hovered over america for over 60 years. that is whatever became of the passengers who sailed on the 1939 ill fated voyage of the st. louis. late may, early june, 1939, really ton thinkable happened. the ship carrying over 900 jewish refugees fleeing nazi germany, j

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. patty limerick is a professor of history at colorado university of boulder and the incoming president of the organization of american historians. what is your job here? >> my job as president helps me childhood.th my my two big sisters were cheerleaders and i was not. i think that my job is to relieving. -- cheerleading. there will be no pom-poms or the usual accoutrements. the value of history in understanding our world and the alternatives that we might have passed up before but we can still reactivate or just do not do that again -- anyway, all kinds of excellent lessons to be drawn from history. also, historians are very cool people. we have some of the best stories around. many of them are valuable stories and extremely entertaining and fun. >> why does this interest you so much? >> because i have no other skills. i place my strengths. strengths.o my i do very much enjoy stories. i enjoy thinking about stories. me to think of an important fact that was not attached to a story, yo

watch us on hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the center for strategic and internationalstudies recently hosted a forum on the treasury department's role in national security affairs. next, congresswoman jane harman and former nsa director keith alexander take art >> thank you very much. from "the newger york times." it is a great pleasure to be here. today will be about financial intelligence. it flows very nicely from what you heard from stewart and the first panel. we have a great panel of experts here. to my immediate left, you're right, michele flournoy, the secretary of policy at the pentagon for -- how many years? 3? seems to have plunged back in. jane harman,, who of

watch us on dvd. -- us in hd. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> next, the state of the u.s. mental health system. this is 35 minutes. . host: as we focus on america's mental health system will we want to welcome doris fuller. thank you for being with us. this headline from usa today, following the shooting that resulted in six that's in santa barbara last weekend. with one fact, back in 1995 we had nearly 8 illion seriously mentally that's.ith 161,000 -- beds. and today we have a greater need a smaller capacity. guest: that is correct. it is actually worse than that. we put out a report that shows that we have about half of what is available is reserved for criminals. when we are talking about people -- have not talked about who of not committed a crime, that is about 17,000 beds. we have a loved one new has been hospitalized multiple times with a mental illness. the we found is because of dearth of beds, they were give her for a few days and then be released. she would never be stabilized. we need to do a lot of things to

like us on hd, facebook and follow us on twitter. >> speaking today at the heritage foundation and washington. andussing russian politics russian relationships. we will have that live at noon eastern. at 2:00 back to heritage for a live discussion on the supreme court recent decision striking down individual campaign contribution limits and how that impacts free speech. tonight, a look at baseball with lifelong baseball fan, samuel alito. is a very good idea. chief justice roberts famously said a few years ago that judges are like umpires. i think that is true. the umpires on the field are like the trial judges. we know we get things wrong sometimes a you have to have an appeal to the umpires in new york who review the replay. the only thing wrong with the system is it only has two levels. [laughter] you can watch the entire discussion along with david brooks and george will and espn analyst as they talk baseball and its place in american culture at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. the chair of the energy and oversight subcommittee held a briefing last week to discuss a recent report investigatin

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ... r interview as part of book tv college series. >> host: mary worthen is a history professor. what courses do you teach? >> guest: i teach a big survey course on the history of religion in north america, a course on modern american intellectual history. one of the most fun is called sin and evil in modern america, a small research seminar. you can imagine the kind of things students get into. >> host: you are also the author of this book, "apostles of reason: the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism". what isval >> po >> has to contend with this tour ran some scholars haver tried to evangelicalism asset checklist of shared doctrine of of born-again conversion experience bohaiin view of the authority of the bible and that is helpful but i was trying to find a definition to allow me to crawl and to speak pentecost goals and to agree on a list of doctrines as the set of shared questions of. i found myself focusing on the questions rather than the answers. >> host: to have to beb

watch us in hd, i guess on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> president obama announced plans for keeping a contingency force of 9800 u.s. troops in afghanistan beyond 2014. the plan was presented on the assumption that guinness and newly elected leaders would sign a bilateral security agreement electednistan's newly leaders would sign a bilateral security agreement. this is 10 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. as you know, this weekend i traveled to afghanistan to thank our men and women in uniform and our deployed civilians. on behalf of a grateful nation for the extraordinary sacrifices they make on behalf of our security. i was also able to meet with our commanding general and ambassador to review the progress that we made. and today i'd like to update the american people on the way forward in afghanistan and how this year we will bring america's longest war to a responsible end. the united states did not seek this fight. we went into afghanistan out of necessity after our nation was attacked by al qaeda on september 11, 2001. we went to war against al qaeda and its extre

watch us on hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the new head of the customs and border protection, gil kerlikowske, has prejudiced a more transparent and open agency. he spoke at the center for strategic and international studies calling the recent influx of unaccompanied children attempting to enter at the u.s. southern boarder a humanitarian -- border a humanitarian crisis. 3 could 60,000 by the end of the year, up 92% from this time last year. this discussion is one hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to csis. i'm kathleen hicks, i run the international security program here, and it's my great pleasure to be introducing our speaker today and our discussant along with him. first, of course, is the honorable dwil kerlikowske -- gil kerlikowske, sworn in in march. he has an extensive history within the law enforcement community and, of course, now he runs the largest law enforcement, federal law enforcement agency in the country. and we're very much looking forward to his remarks this morning. customs and border protection has been very mu

on c-span. next, for me -- fformer general heater chiarelli. and george w. bush is honored at the honor profiling purge ceremony. -- >> watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> former army vice chief of staff discussed posttraumatic stress. other topics include getting adequate health insurance, education and employment. this conference on veterans was hosted by the george w. bush institute in dallas. it is moderated by abc news chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. is is just under an hour.

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter.rs,the next few american history tv will mark the 70th anniversary of the allied invasion of normandy on june 6, 1944. in about two hours, you'll have a chance to talk to author craig symonds about his book, "neptune." first, on friday, veterans joined the granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower and the great grandson of franken delano roosevelt to reflect on events of 70 years ago. this is just under an hour. ♪ ♪ the national anthem, played by a brass band]

like us on hd, facebook and follow us on twitter. president0 years ago, lyndon johnson gave a speech at the dedication ceremony for the university of california at irvine. this is archival footage from that time. the ceremony attended by about 12,000 people, at a time when the u.s. was dealing with the vietnam war, civil rights movement, assassination of president kennedy. today,s from here president obama will be at uc irvine to deliver the commencement address to the graduating class. we will bring that to you live starting at 3:00 eastern time. week the president signed an executive order on student loan debt that allows partners to cap their monthly payments at 10% of their income and allows for unpaid debt to be forgiven after 20 years. we will take a closer look at the president plus -- presi dent's plan now. >> joining us from california is natalia abrams. she is the cofounder and executive director here to talk about the topic of student loans. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you tell our audience about your or

hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers, who discusses her career, state of media and her further plans. she recently left nbc news after more than 30 years at the network. >> lisa myers, over 30 years with nbc news, how would you define journalism today? >> think journalism is at its best is holding powerful people

watch us on hd, like some facebook, follows on twitter. >> missouri senator claman's castle held the last of several roundtable discussions into rape and sexual assault on college campuses. college police chief, prosecutors demand advocates for sexual assault victims focused on the differences in prosecuting cases in the criminal justice system and the university based process. this is two and a half hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. we have a lot of ground to cover and a lot of smart people around this table. we will go ahead and get started senator blumenthal will be joining us. when he does i might interrupt whoever is talking at that point and give him a chance to make a few opening remarks when he arrives. first, i would like to welcome all of you that are here today. i am excited about this particular round table because of my background as a prosecutor for many years. this is the last an hour series of three round tables which are discussions of sexual violence on college campuses and university campuses. this has been a terrific process and a very hopeful one. on may 19th w

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> both the house and senate are in sessiontoday. the house is in at noon eastern for general speeches. at 2:00 they'll consider a series of suspension bills before beginning debate on legislation to authorize spending for 2015 transportation and housing programs. votes on amendments to that legislation could occurte

watch as in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> each week, american history america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. in the third of a five-part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii, we feature director john ford and the 18-minute documentary he made .or the u.s. navy it presented a victory in vivid color to an american public eager for some good news in the year following pearl harbor, but first, we speak with author mark harris about john ford. >> in his book, mark harris focusing on the story of hollywood and the second world war and five leading directors, including john ford, who served in the u.s. navy during world war ii. what can you tell us about the work of john ford? >> ford was one of the most respected directors in hollywood, probably the most respected director before the war. between 1939 and 1941, he went on an unmatched tear in hollywood making "the grapes of wrath," "stagecoach," "young mr. lincoln" with henry fonda, a set of movies that gave him the reputation

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ... r interview as part of book tv college series. >> host: mary worthen is a history professor. what courses do you teach? >> guest: i teach a big survey course on the history of religion in north america, a course on modern american intellectual history. one of the most fun is called sin and evil in modern america, a small research seminar. you can imagine the kind of things student

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ###-###. ###-###. ... development i did have to raise the issue for political space and other human rights issues. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> turn one. number one. >> the prime minister. >> turn one. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> turn one. i spoke yesterday to my constituent -- given the dreadful level of service she described to me she was quite shocked to find the passport agency returned a surplus of 73 million pounds. what does it say about the values of his government that the chancellor is making a profit out of our constituents misery? >> first of all what i would say to his constituent and, indeed, any other constituent of any mp in this house because it is an important issue, it is a difficult issue, we must get it right, is this. anyone in need to travel within the next week and who's waited more than three weeks through no fault of t

what is in hd, like us on twitter. >> next, marla miller, she discusses the life of betsy ross, the woman who sold the first american flag. explainarer some of ross' life. she shares her insights into tionship,s' rela personality, and faith. it is a little more than 30 minutes. >> the best part i'll never forget the day that i first drove down here to the house scoping out to see whether this project was possible and lisa and i sat up her office, which was small

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> on thursday, outgoing israeli president shimon peres was awarded the congressional gold medal in a ceremony in the u.s. capitol. it is the highest civilian honor bestowed by the u.s. congress. after the presentation, the israeli president spoke about the friendship between his nation and the u.s.. also speaking at the ceremony were vice president biden and congressional leaders, including house speaker john boehner, outgoing majority leader eric cantor and senate majority leader harry reid. shimon perez leaves office on july 27. he will be succeeded by ruben rivlin. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> mr. vice president, members of congress, ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, welcome this morning and welcome to united states capital. since the days of the american revolution, every congress has had one humbling privilege, that of awarding a gold medal for extraordinary co

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> film director and author m. night shyamalan discusses his latest book at the national press club. he suggested ways that parents and teachers could enhance the educational experience and close the engagement gap. m. night shyamalan and his wife started a foundation that gives scholarships to inner-city students. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much for having me. that was a gracious introduction. this jumping between two lives is hard. at the end of the day in the editing room. we just had a screening. and, you've got to go to washington, d.c. tomorrow. i went home and look at my notes. if i'm a little sluggish, forgive me for a second. let me start by saying that celebrity activists make my stomach cringe. you don't automatically get the right to have or give advice on something because you were successful at something else. that makes no sense. but you do have the spotlight on you sometimes, and it gets blurred. in my case, it is something i'm really sensitive about. it's not something

watch in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next on book tv dr. stanley prusiner talking about his discovery of infectious proteins that contain no genetic material and the connection between brain diseases like alzheimer's, als, and parkinson's. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you for finishing up our conference. you have so leaves us with the profound message that we should take on today. a big responsibility. we were talking before, and i think we have not really talked a lot about this today, the issue of healthy aging and how that plays into our new health system, whenever it may be. we tend to focus on, you know, the more acute diseases. you and i were talking earlier how about alzheimer's. as a neurologist. >> one of the things we really need to think about is what is aging, the simple definition is getting older. but if we try to figure out how we can retard aging, slow it down, everyone would like to do this. the big problems that people face as they get older are these terrible brain diseases. if you look at the statistics, if all of

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> this is the product of the women'sitanic memorial association. oner striking i'm iceberg 1412. the number that would've been higher not for hundreds of men who yielded seats from the woefully inadequate lifeboats. that is why the women's titanic memorial is explicitly dedicated to the men of the titanic. over three fourths of whom never reached new york. the 13 foot high degree of sacrifice, the towers over the channel parked is itself the creation of a female sculptor and patron of the arts. ironically, this is probably lesser member today as the founder of the whitney museum of art than she is for her leading role in the sensational 1935 child custody case involving her 10-year-old niece. in this trench twist of fate, they watched their brother at another tragedy at sea when a german u-boat sank the house and your ship. they officially a grilled the titanic morrill located in washington's rock creek park way. this is flanked by an elaborate stone bench. in the midnight and 60's, the memorial was moved from its origin

watch us in hd. like us on facebook.tioning performed by the national captioning institute. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> representative dingell has a tenure that spans six decades only one of two world war ii veterans currently serving in the house of representatives. hour.s an welcome.fternoon and i'm an adjunct professor at the george washington university school of media and public fairs and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's through our programming with events such as this while pressing a free worldwide. for more information about the press club please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide i'd like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. guestsd table includes of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. in ourou hear applause audience, i note that members of the general public ar

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> this morning, national journal correspondentiscusses the may jobs report and a look ahead at hiring the summer. then a wall street journal reporter talks about a wall street journal report that some veterans affairs facilities show vastly different treatment results among patients. later, seth jones of the rand corporation discusses their new report that says the number of al qaeda and other jihadist groups are growing, not shrinking. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ white house officials will brief officials next week about the prisoner exchange. also chuck hagel will appear before the house armed services committee. you can see that live on c-span three. go to our website or more information. the cia is now on twitter and facebook. good morning, it is june 7. with the release of yesterday cost job report that of yesterday's jobs report came reports that 9 million jobs that were lost he

watches hd, like this on watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the house veteransaffairs committee held a conference. the witnesses including two officials from the veterans health administration. their testimony came the same day that the u.s. office of special counsel sent a letter to president obama and congressional leaders saying they determined the v.a. was nonresponsive to whistleblower complaints on multiple occasions. this hearing is a little more than two hours. >> ultimately, to improve access to care for veteran patients who have been facing unacceptably long wait times at v.a. facilities across the country. it important to those efforts is the status of v.a.'s accelerating access to health care initiative very was launched in late may in response to the department's current wait time crisis and information released last thursday suggests, in court nation with the v.a.'s other efforts, have led to the scheduling of approximately 200,000 appointments from may 15-june 1. information suggesting that last thursday, in coordination tw the other efforts has l

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. ###-###. ###-###. ...evelopment i did have to raise the issue for political space and other human rights issues. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> turn one. number one. >> the prime minister. >> turn one. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today.

>> watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> former army vice chief of staff discussed posttraumatic stress. other topics include getting adequate health insurance, education and employment. this conference on veterans was hosted by the george w. bush institute in dallas. it is moderated by abc news chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. is is just under an hour. >> we want to talk in this panel about some of the obstacles our veterans face. some of the obstacles certainly the wounded face. and the opportunities to empower those veterans. i want to start with general pete chiarelli, who i will say i have known since early in the iraq war. we went through a lot together. we have visited the wounded together. and pete chiarelli, since retiring as vice chief of staff of the army where he was deeply involved in issues of post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, i truly think no one cares more than pete chiarelli about the future of our wounded veterans and he is now with one mind, where they and he dedicates his time to continue to help those same veterans

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and followers on twitter. >> book tv asks what are you reading thiser? >> well, i'm reading right now american injustice in the age of the wealth gap, fascinating book, how crimes come and particularly in, stemming from a 2000 a financial crash, nobody has been held accountable in the criminal justice system yet. average citizens who, i don't know, whether if they're illegal immigrants or people who are on the welfare system or if you just hang out on the corner, if they are poor people, they encounter the criminal justice system regularly, but people who are committing crimes off the streets just about to do with it. i'm also reading capital in the 21st century about income inequality. fascinating book. ..

watches in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. the epapast week administrator announced a new proposal to cut carbon pollution at existing power plants. the plan aims to cut emissions by 30% within the next 15 years. that would give states flexibility in how they move forward with meeting the goal. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> it is great to be here. thanks everybody. bob, thank you for accompanying me in and all the leadership you bring to this agency. i wanted to begin by telling you a little bit of a story about a month ago, i took a trip to the cleveland clinic. i met a lot of really great people. but one person stood out even if he needed to have a stand in a chair to make himself seen while he was talking. he's ten years old. he struggled with severe asthma. his mom said that despite his challenges, he's a tough active kid and a really good hockey player. sometimes she said, the air is too dangerous for him to play outside. in the united states of america, no parent should ever have to have that worry. that's why epa ex

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter.naudible conversations] >> more from chicago in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. hillary clinton recounts her tenure as secretary of state in "hard choices." in "the people v. barack obama: the criminal case against the obama administration," ben shapiro, editor at large of breitbart.com, argues the obama administration has been marked by abuses of power. bruce allan murphy, constitutional law professor at lafayette college, recounts supreme court justice antonin and a lee cra's -- scalia's tenure in "scalia." dan 'em met recalls his career in "within arm's length." the co-founder of women thrive worldwide reports on women around the world who are overcoming poverty in "teach a woman to fish." in "obama's enforcer: eric holder's justice department," john fund, a columnist for national review, and hans -- [inaudible] senior fellow at the heritage foundation, present their criticism of attorney general eric h

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> supreme court justice and avid baseball from samuel alito took part in a recent discussion on baseball at the university club of washington. the other speakers included usa today sports caused -- columnist christine brennan and you -- all of them spoke about the sport's place in american society. this is a little over an hour. >> good afternoon. as belle allen used to greet his audiences, hello, everyone, and how nice to see you. how wonderful it is to see you and wonderful to welcome you to the luncheon on the subject of baseball, america's game. some people seem confused. they actually think pro football is america's game, but it's not. baseball is america's game. this is sponsored today in part by the boston red sox. i chair for the red sox. [applause] i chair for the red sox the great fenway park reuters series. this is an extension of that series. the red sox are the only team in professional sports that sponsors a literary series. i'm also president of the city club of san diego in the denver forum, which are two amer

every weekend booktv now for 15 years the only television network devoted to non--- watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> yesterday in a unanimous ruling the supreme court said that the presence appointments to the national labor relations board are unconstitutional. this ruling and national labor relations board versus noel canning prohibits the present rate recess appointment during senate pro forma session. lawmakers presented oral arguments before the court in january. this is an hour and a half. >> we will their argument first this morning case 1212, national labor relations board versus noel canning. >> mr. chief justice, the interpretation of the recess appointment clause would repudiate the constitutional legitimacy of thousands of appointments by presidents going back to george washington and going forward it would diminish presidential authority in a way that is flatly at odds with the constitutional structure that framers established. respondent city has not advanced a compelling case that would be need to strip presidents of their traditional authority to

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next on booktv, mike earp and david fisher. the co-authors talk about the 200 plus year history over thus marshal service. today the service acts as the enforcement arm of almost every federal agency in the country, including the dea, atf, and fbi. their back is "u.s. marshals." this is an hour and ten minutes. >> one of the exciting things about being a writer is being able to find and pursue things that interest you. and i like to say, 20 years ago, the fbi gave me access to its crime lab, and at that point nobody had any idea what forensic science was, and i spent six months in the crime lab and did a book, and it helped the explosion of interest in forensic science. when i was there i felt as a writer like i had discovered a gold mine, that no one else had ever seen before. and i loved it. and i was brought into the world of the u.s. marshal's service, i had not had that feeling again. the u.s. marshal service most people believe is this wonderful traditional old fashioned archaic law enforcement agency that but not

what justin hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. host: we are back with loretta sanchez. thank you for joining us. guest: my pleasure. let: before we get to iraq, me begin with the capturing of this benghazi suspect. front page of the "washington post." what do you know about him? well, probably some things that i can't tell you. obviously, a mastermind. we have been following his movements as predicted by people on the ground. people close to him indicating what his limits would be. obviously now hand-in-hand. we are tying to figure out -- he had figured out that we were upon him. he to everything else they had been planning is the issue we would like to get from him. -- do yout: host: have evidence he was there the night of the attack in benghazi? ? guest: today we will definitely classified hearings about that. host: should he be read his miranda rights or should they be interrogating him? they're probably interrogating him as we speak, i would assume. we need to know anything about a

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. isy, " washington journal" next. 10:00 eastern, the house returns are morning hours speeches. maintenance ofd oil and natural gas lines and maintenance facilities happening later in the day. and in 40 five minutes, congressman henry cuellar at texas on what is driving unaccompanied immigrant children across the u.s. border. options in iraq and defense priorities. of guest is rob wittman virginia, men of the armed services committee on readiness. and autism speaks cofounder and former ceo of nbc universal for federal and private research funding for autism. >> good morning, everyone. six term incumbent defeated as tea party challenger state senator chris smith daniel in a mississippi gop senate primary runoff tuesday night. he beat make annual 57.7%. than 4800ce of less votes. he failed to succeed or congratulate his opponent tuesday in a speech. let me go to new york where was firstangle elected to the house of repr

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> senate finance committee chair ron widen of oregon discusses some of the on going fnt i financial issues in congress. he spoke at the wall street journal chief financial officer's network conference. it's 30 minutes. . >> thank you, john. thank you, senator. two interesting factoids. one is i got to know the senator a long time ago in the 1990s when i wrote a column who had this great idea of how to solve the finances of medicare forever. here we are and you're here on medicare and it's still a mess. so i guess we didn't succeed. secondly, in an earlier life, senator widen played division i basketball. instead, you became chairman of the senate finance committee. i think you made the right choice. >> let me start where a topic that everybody loves to hate, taxes. one of the anomalies the last few years is the broad bipartisan sen sense on tax reform. there ought to be a broad tax reform on the system and, yet, nothing seems to happen. tell me what your plan is to make it hatch. you and your republican colleague, senator hatc

watch us in hd, unlike us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> today the brookings institution heldonference on the security and future of europe. this talk is 45 minutes. >> weight is an element am i hope you had a chance to enjoy some lunch. and they are our limits to the vast enjoyment, but we hope that you had a great lunch. we are extremely pleased to have tony blinken here to finish off on our annual conference for us today. tony doesn't have an immense amount of time because he has to leave at about 1:15 p.m. so i want to get this is under way as quickly as possible. we are so privileged to have him here given all of the things that are obviously happening on the agenda. obviously the president and everyone is traveling in europe and he probably has a few things to do manning the office and holding down the fort, as everyone offsets. but we are so delighted with tony who agreed to give our keynote because he has been such a long-standing supporter of many brookings activities. he's a fellow think take contributor and also in some sense president at the center since 10 years a

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. affairsveterans committee meeting. the hearing follows action by the senate making it easier for veterans to get care outside of the a clinics. >>> the committee will come to order. thank you very much for coming to this hearing this morning. we have numerous members that are on their way. but we want to respect the time of our witnesses. we appreciate them being with us today. before i begin, i want to ask in an unanimous consent to allow congressman mcnerney to participate in today's hearing. without objection, so ordered. welcome to today's full committee hearing and examination of bureaucratic areas to care for our veterans. as we all know very well now, during our committee othersight with the results of a committee investigation that had uncovered evidence suggesting that dozens of veterans died while waiting for care at the phoenix department of veterans health care system. just over two months later, we know now that in addition to 23 veteran deaths at the department linked to delays in care earlier this spring

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >>> president obama this week laid out a plan to try to help graduates tackle student loan debt. next, a senate panel looks at interest rates and debt. this hearing is chaired by senator shared brown of ohio. >> the meeting will come to order. thank you for joining us. thank you for coming back and become of assistance to us in a number of ways. about a decade ago, we began to see the warning signs of problems in the housing market. a few years later we watched a combination of wall street greed and inattentive regulators helping to destroy our economy. we're still picking up the pieces of this crisis. the topic of today's hearing, student loans servicing are very much interconnected. we've seen far too many homeowners become victims of improper foreclosures, when their mortgager could have assisted them but chose not to. here we are again, outstanding student debt is $1.2 trillion, more than credit card debt, more than auto loans, student debt is second only to mortgage debt. roughly 7 million borrowers are in default on

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook. and follow us on twitter. >>> the former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker says he doesn't have much faith on ongoing negotiations to get iran to give up in its nuclear program. mr. volcker participated in a day-long atlantic council in washington, d.c. other topics discussed in the panel include russia's recent behavior in ukraine. and the threat difference of the u.s. versus europe. this is just over an hour and ten minutes. >>> okay. if i could get everyone's attention, please. we're going to begin the next section of our discussion today on transatlantic missile defense architecture. my name is john rude, i currently serve as vice president of the united states development at the ratheon company sponsoring this event. previously, i served in government as acting undersecretary in arms control committee which allen was kind enough to mention. as i look around the room, ian and barry, i've had the pleasure of serving with them in pentagon roles, it's a bit of a gathering of the old faithful, this time, not going quite as man