judicial watch suing the state department and usaid for records that show that five million in american taxpayer dollars went to soros' group, the money allegedly spent to destabilize macedonia's democratically right of center government. joining me to discuss the latest in the judicial watch lawsuit. the obama spy scandal, the deep state to divert this president. there's a lot to look at. chris ferrell director of investigations at judicial watch. what is the macedonia, $5 million soros training youth in the country. how did you get involved in this? what did you find? >> it's as crazy as it sounds. what in the world are we doing giving our tax dollars to george soros and his leftist operatives? you know they took some of the money to translate saul lewinsky's book, so the youth groups they're organizing can essentially destabilize and attack the democratically elected government, there and the u.s. ambas the name of bailey who is an obama guy, still in office, representing the united states in macedonia. he's all cozy with the soros people. we asked for all the records of communicatio

[indiscernible] from usaid. my question takes us back into the clouds of it. -- a bit. it would seem that it would need fundamentaled in a rethinking of our national security strategy. would you agree? and if so, what are some of the key tenants? sen. murphy: well, you are clearly right. i hope i had -- i articulated that in my remarks. what i suggested is that the tools that are adversaries are using are not primarily military in nature. yet hours continue to be. you have got to build up a basket of tools overseas. we had the biggest, baddest military in the world, worn as a badge of honor. this is the only capacity in which we are the world leader, right? why is it acceptable that we are not the world leader on information flow? why are we not the world leader on economic assistance? why are we not the world leader on energy assistance? why are we so proud to be the world leader when it comes to military power, but we ask that -- except being second, third, or fourth place in all of these other capacities that increasingly suggest the ones that are really going to mat

today former state department officials will testify on usaid o egypt. you can watch live coverage from the appropriations subcommittee at 2:15 p.m. eastern. we'll have that for you on c-span3. also follow the hearings streaming live at c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. join c-span saturday for the annual white house correspondentents association dinner. our live coverage begins at 9:30 p.m. eastern and senior daily show correspondent mminhaj attends the diener. prum says he will not attend. it was back to ronald reagan who did not attempt since he was recovering from a assassination attempt. in a statement the president says the whca takes note of president drum's announcement on twitter that he does not plan to attend the dinner which has been and will continue to be a

including one on-calling on usaid for -- to raise emergency funding for south sudan. also a bill that would improve security screening procedures for employees at airports. those votes coming up momentarily. here on c-span. over in the senate, while they've gaveled out for the day, they've finished their work, they approved the nomination of deputy attorney general and advance the nomination of labor secretary. with the cloture vote, the procedural vote coming up tomorrow morning at 11:30. according to our capitol hill producer, that's at 11:30 tomorrow on c-span2. off the floor also this evening on capitol hill, the treasury secretary's been up in leader mcconnell's office talking about tax reform and the administration's tax plan. meeting with speaker ryan. we'll take you live to the house floor here on c-span.

the drone here was designed by a michigan based company which worked with usaid, the brain child of danielth the idea in rural india. >> the drone could be do the job and eliminate need for extensive >> reporter: the drone takes off like a quad-copter can fly 40 miles like a plane with five pound payload and land vertically. ferrying samples, tests, medication, eliminating visits to a clinic. all in mere minutes. met with wide-eyed fascination and excitement. you see this as scalable technology that can be used around the world for variety of medical conditions? >> i think its highest yield in rural areas of developing countries specifically where you have hilly terrains, poor roads. we can fly there, peck up lab samples. fly back in the same afternoon. diagnose the disease. transport medicines by that evening. unthinkable at the moment. >> madagascar is ravaged by tb. more than 13,000 people died of it in 2015. around the world, 1.8 million. with millions more undiagnosed. the disease which primarily affects the lungs is very treatable if people to care. first question, everyone asked, wh

if we should look at the state department and usaid with we look at the department of defense.f it is reasonable to ask for 50 billion in military funding, it should be reasonable to propose 50 billion more in nonmilitary security funding. today i am unveiling a detailed to change course. i am outlining the weight we can rebuild our country's national security toolkit so that presidents have, for the first time in memory, the option to succeed globally if they choose to. recognize theto success of the marshall plan was not a mexicans. spending money on building stability is a great national security investment of i've never been -- it has never been a greater need than today. americat secede with exiting the economic development playing field. the best prophylactic against terrorism and the best pathway to open new markets to american goods is economic empowerment the plan sets forward specific proposals to do this. let's take the handcuffs off of u.s. development. this doesn't come at any expense to the u.s. taxpayer. why is america the global capital of capital markets lettin

but the government of kenya, together with usaid and other groups, are using mass media to change this behavior and turn the tide of hiv transmission. nicholas: 44 percent of new hiv patients attributed currently people who either married or in a partnership. these people in partnerships both have other partners, who also have other partners who are not using condoms. and therefore, the chahance that thehe next nek someone has hiv and it spreads like bushfire to the rest of the families. jimmi: i must admit, one of the things that surprised me was the aspect of also women playing a part of it. nicholas: we've got this strong force, people say, no, no, no, you are [indistinct] men only. women also do that. so people didn't know that, so we did some spots for women as well. erick: concurrent partnership realally is a great facactor in the spread of hiv, because you find that, this people, when they have these partners, trust comes in. so we find that these partners stop using condoms basically to all the partners. lucy: psi kenya decided to take on the campaign because primarily, there a

the drone was designed by a michigan-based company that worked with usaid, the brain child of danielper who came up with it in rural india. >> a drone can do the job and the need for sense of travel at considerable risk and cost. sacrificing daily wages and if they are farmers having to give up a day in the fields. >> the drone takes off like a quad kopter and can fly 40 miles and land vertically. samples, tests and medication eliminating visits to a clinic all in mere minutes. >> you see it as a scaleable technology and that can be used for a variety of conditions. >> the highest yield specifically where you have hilly terrains and poor roads, we can fly there and pick up lab samples and fly back in the same afternoon and diagnose the disease and have medicines by that evening. that's unthinkable. >> they see this as revolutionary technology and another american group called zip line is already using a different drone in rwanda. it doesn't land, but parachutes supplies into distant areas like the one we are on our way to visit. the night before we watched how they plan for the missi

we don't even have a head of the usaid yet. this is not because we're fighting over pruitt, no.these are -- >> no nominations. >> no nominations. democrats want these positions filled. so there's a lot about going on with this administration that i don't get right now. that's confusing. when we have real crisis situations, not just syria, not just north korea, but famines on the planet earth that we've never seen from south sudan to places like yemen. we have internationally displaced people and refugee crisis like we've never seen before. america's leadership is really needed right now and i don't see this administration working. in fact, what was one of the more shocking and, again, this trump administration continues to roll out thing that is just disappoint me. the budget that the president put forward that slashes the state department. literally you have secretary mattis who was there today who said, if you cut the state department, again, these are the folks that are critical to diplomacy globally, critical international coalitions that need to be built and sustained to pu

but at the same time we're going to cut usaid and state department funding, agencies whs responsible it is to try to make these countries from which refugees are coming both safer and more stable, and the same agencies who are supposed to support refugee camps in other countries, in turkey. we're going to cut that funding, do less to help secure countries overseas while also not allowing people to come here. there's a real cognitive dissonance there. if the argument is where making this pause because, for national giddy reasons, there was a letter from how many three and 4-star generals signed onto the to the letter saying cutting usaid funding is absolutely antithetical to protecting our national security fax i can't buy one argument while at the same time we are doing this other thing that is hurting as globally. >> i'm not saying policy is perfect. i'm not saying that at all. it's a decision that the administration made. but this also and administration of us look at anything and say listen, we have too much government. they came in with the promise of cutting government. that's e

. >>> no, times reports the acquittal after o a usaid worker who was jailed in egypt for nearly 3 years on a child abuse charge. a court yesterday cleared a man, her husband, and six others. they were falsely accused during egypt's crackdown on aids groups. search warrants will be unsealed today in the death of prince. he died nearly a year ago of a drug overdose, but a key associate has not been questioned. the investigation is foe casted on counterfeit pills in the singer's home. he was 12 when diana died. he shut down all his emotions for almost two decades after that. despite trying to persuade him to seek help. harry said he's talking about his experience to break the cigna surrounding mental health issues. >>> the fire that destroyed a famous covered bridge was probably arson. the flames erupted early saturday. the span was featured in the book and movie, "the bridges of desert county." >>> a new york man is accused of stealing more than 100 cell phones during the coachella festival. police say the man was picking the pockets of concertgoers." >>> still ahead, patriots' day previe

the drone here was designed by a vayu which has worked with usaid, the brain child of daniel pep historyith the idea while living in rural indiana. >> the drone could do the job and obviate the need for expensive travel at considerable risk and cost, sacrificing daily wages, if they're farmers having to give up a day in their fields. >> reporter: the vayu drone takes off like a quad copter, can fly 40 miles like a plane with a five-pound payload, and land vertically. ferrying samples, tests and medication, eliminating visits to a clinic, all in mere minutes. melt with wide-eyed fascination and excitement. you see this as a scaleable technology that can be used around the world and for a variety of medical conditions? >> i think its highest yield in rural areas of developing countries specifically where you have hilly terrains and poor roads, we can fly there, pick up lab samples, fly back same afternoon, and diagnose a disease and transport medicine busy that evening. that's unthinkable at the moment. >> reporter: dr. small isn't the only one who sees this as revolutionary technology. an

would the unfpa have any recourse, i did see the us government is planning to front usaid, which is ant which also covers family planning around the world. is there a way to reverse this decision are to get the jump reverse this decision are to get the jump administration to backtrack? the backtracking would be a policy change from the state department. i have to imagine, although i don't have to imagine, although i don't have a lot of inside information, there has been conversations and lobbying going on. an important thing to know about the funding change over to moving the unfpa fronts by the us government is all that funding is impacted by the mexico city policy, which also requires that any organisation taking us federal funding for any global health activity, as far as we know right now, not use its other funding to discuss, promote or perform abortions. there has been a lot of work that shows it has a detrimental affect on women's health and lives as well. so it is a catch—22. and lives as well. so it is a catch-22. thanks very much. the american national hockey league has anno

today former state department officials will testify on usaid o egypt. you can watch live coverage from the appropriations subcommittee at 2:15 p.m. eastern. we'll have that for you on c-span3. also follow the hearings streaming live at c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. join c-span saturday for the annual white house correspondentents association dinner. our live coverage begins at 9:30 p.m. eastern and senior daily show correspondent mminhaj attends the diener. prum says he will not attend. it was back to ronald reagan who did not attempt since he was recovering from a assassination attempt. in a statement the president says the whca takes note of president drum's announcement on twitter that he does not plan to attend the dinner which has been and will continue to be a celebration of the first amendment and important role played by an independent news media in a healthy republic. c-span spoke to the outgoing executive director of the white house correspondent association and past president of the group who focused on the history of the

there was nothing there but people, didn't people bear talked about usaid computer center that was set up the basically connected them to the lobe and gave them computer skills. unfortunately it was destroyed in fighting but they look at that as a visible indication of u.s. commitment. >> what disturbs me is we are operating under amuf from 2001. i'm just curious is intervention both military and i hope civil society work do they want to continue to use the amuf is a reason or justification for their intervention militarily? >> i can't say. pardon me because i'm no longer in government but i'm hearing from contacts and special forces that they are hearing signals that in fact where essentially going to go to hit-and-run policy in libya as opposed to trying to knit together the kind of enduring solution. >> if i could what you are saying is that has to be in the issa specific whack-a-mole issue. it's not going to be and enduring presence which would mean the amuf is operative. you don't hear any plans of any long-term ground saying it's unnecessary anyway? nothing to that end. >> right.

usaid is funding an open society foundation on a soros foundation in macedonia using our tax dollars.ould be interference in an election by george soros and his open society. >> the hypocrisien irony is rich. lou: what is not rich is susan rice and the spy scandal of the obama administration. he gave his first speech in which he said basically nothing. but susan rice, the obama administration, we are looking at the first closed door hearing from next week for the intelligence committees. is there any prospect that we'll learn any more about the scope, the scale of what was clearly an abuse of power within the obama administration? >> let me go back to my fast it song. grand jury. that's what i want to see, a grand jury. the hearings in congress are necessary and constitutionally obligate. their oversight obligation. but behind closed door sessions are one thing, the public sessions are really publicity stunts for the congressmen and also for the people testifying. lou: we know that the former ndi james clapper, john brennan, both lied about the extent of surveillance on the part of th

colleague of usaid knows this. colleague of imf. we need to work on. i have to tell you there's already interest of some world countries. kuwait expressed interest. world bank just now provided and we welcome the world bank and also that they're ready to support that. it's not enough. the social welfare fund needs today $400 million to be able -- these are the poorest of the poor. when you take $400 million, wow, this is a lot. this family receive $28 a month. it is like really the minimal. but the reason 400 because it's not paid since october 2014. so it's a longer, you know, payment back. so we need in the meantime that we provide humanitarian assistance and minimum of cash assistance to these poorest of the poor and so-called but again you're absolutely right. you're touching a very issue and i'm sorry i have some -- if i will be here for your intervention, ambassador, or others. we need to know what the the government of yemen and very frank with this. because i had the same discussion with prime minister who's very, very concerned by this issue.

but people, the young people there talked about a usaid computer senter that was set up that basically connected them to the globe that, gave them critical computing skills. the secenter was destroyed in fighting. they look at that as a visible u.s. commitment. zbh another thing that disturbs me is that we're seem to be operating under a rule from 2001. and i'm just curious if you -- is our intervention both military and i hope to see more sort of civil society work, do you think the administration is going to -- wants to continue to use the au maps from 2001 as a reason for -- as a justification for the intervention militarily? and i open that to either one. >> i don't know. >> yeah. >> i can't say. >> your microphone. >> pardon me. because i'm no longer in the government, but i am hearing from contacts and the special forces side and others that they are hearing signals that in fact we're essentially going to go to a hit-and-run policy in libya as opposed to trying to knit together the kind of enduring solution that you're talking about. >> but at agendaa clearly -- >> if i co. what

but people, the young people there talked about a usaid computer center that was set up that basically connected them to the globe, that gave them critical, you know, computer skills. and they were pointing to this. unfortunately, the center was destroyed in fighting, but they look at that as a visible indication of u.s. commitment. >> and another thing that sort of disturbs me is we seem to be operating under an aumf from 2001, and i'm just curious if you -- is our intervention both military, and i hope to see more sort of civil society work, do you think the administration's going to, wants to continue to use the aumf in 2001 as a reason for, as a justification for their intervention militarily? and i'd open that to either one. [inaudible conversations] >> i can't say because i'm not involved anymore. >> your microphone. >> oh, sorry. pardon me. because i'm no longer in the government. but i am hearing from contacts on the special forces side and others that they are hearing signals that, in fact, we're essentially going to go to a hit and run policy in libya as opposed to trying to

raiseakes it easier to the military budget and cut usaid. can you be breif? >> i am not going to pose my question. i would lead into the last fought that you mention. because we use war as a historical point in our history, peace gets too comfortable. it is too easy to succumb to human paranoia. when there is no chaos, more likely than not we will let chaos ensue. >> there you go. ladies and gentlemen, as i mentioned before a number of our authors will be signing books. there is another session in a half hour. something equally intriguing -- race, religion, ideology -- does it divide, does it unite? before we take a break, will you please join me in thanking our panel. >> [applause] >> thank you very much. ♪ >> washington journal is next. at 10:00, we discussed the deadline for funding the government with the kentucky congressman, the top democrat on the house budget committee. and our cast on newsmakers. john kelly talks about national security threats and top priorities for his department. coming up on today's washington journal, how the trump administratio

including one on-calling on usaid for -- to raise emergency funding for south sudan. also a bill that would improve security screening procedures for employees at airports. those votes coming up momentarily. here on c-span. over in the senate, while they've gaveled out for the day, they've finished their work, they approved the nomination of deputy attorney general and advance the nomination of labor secretary. with the cloture vote, the procedural vote coming up tomorrow morning at 11:30. according to our capitol hill producer, that's at 11:30 tomorrow on c-span2. off the floor also this evening on capitol hill, the treasury secretary's been up in leader mcconnell's office talking about tax reform and the administration's tax plan. meeting with speaker ryan. we'll take you live to the house floor here on c-span. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously votes will be taken in the following order. house resolution 187 by the yeas and nays, house resolution 876 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote wil

raiseakes it easier to the military budget and cut usaid. can you be breif? >> i am not going to pose my question. i would lead into the last fought that you mention. because we use war as a historical point in our history, peace gets too comfortable. it is too easy to succumb to human paranoia. when there is no chaos, more likely than not we will let chaos ensue. >> there you go. ladies and gentlemen, as i mentioned before a number of our authors will be signing books. there is another session in a half hour. something equally intriguing -- race, religion, ideology -- does it divide, does it unite? before we take a break, will you please join me in thanking our panel. >> [applause] >> thank you very much. ♪ journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, florida university professor discusses the trump administration crackdown on drug gangs and cartel. then a discussion on "shattered: inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign" looking at her failed presidential bid in 2016. watch washington journal live at 7:0

at the sametime -- time we are going to cut usaid and state apartment funding, the very agencies whose responsibility it is to make these countries from which refugees are coming both safer and more stable and the same agencies who are supposed to support refugee camps and other countries in turkey and borders, we will cut that funding, we will do list to help secure countries overseas while also not allowing people to come here . there is a cognitive dissident if the argument is we are making this was because we need for national security reasons. many was a letter from how three and four-star generals signing onto the letter saying cutting funding is absolutely antithetical to protecting our national security's i cannot buy one argument while at the same time we are doing this other thing that is hurting us globally. >> i am not saying policy is perfect. i am not saying that at all. a decision the administration made but this is an administration that is looking at everything and we have too much government, they came up with a thomas with cutting government and that is what they are

the usaid's decision is a decision the administration made. this administration is looking at everything and saying, we have too much government. they came in with a promise of cutting government and that is what they are doing. what do you think would have happened if ross perot had become president? it would be very similar to what you are looking at now. you are looking at government cuts and changes in policy. you are looking at the fact that maybe america should be partnering with other countries in terms of global policing and leadership. do, but then we are going to absolutely anger those partners we have worked so hard to have them cooperate with us on counterterrorism issues , including some of the countries we are telling, we don't want to have anything to do with you right now. >> i think spending on military forces and expanding military defense budgets, that should be ok while other programs that are essential for people here in the united states , that is not essential? number two, i think the idea that the system is not working

it easy to say we will increase the military budget by some astronomical number and cut state and usaid. i'm sorry to end up there though. let's have one last question. >> can you be brief? >> very brief. i'm not going to post my question. i would much rather lead into the last thought that you just mentioned. because we use war a as a historical point in our history, peace gets too comfortable, and so peace, it's very easy to succumb to human paranoia. even when there's no chaos, more likely than not we will let chaos ensue. >> there you go. we will leave it at that. ladies and gentlemen, as i mentioned before, a number of our authors will be signing books. we are selling books over the there's another session in half an hour. we will be talking something equally intriguing, race, religion, ideology. does it divide? doesn't unite? but before we take that break, would you please join in thinking our panel? [applause] >> thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> the white house correspondents' association dinner takes place in washington saturday night c-span love live coverage beginning at 930 with e

as i was concluding college, i volunteered for working usaid in 1966. by the time it showed up in 1967, a new organization had calledeated -- created courts, co rds, civil operations relevant -- revolutionary development support, which is the result about what i look to you about a lyndon johnson in a few minutes and at one year of language training, but i want to vietnam -- there's a place on the map calls in law. i was a deputy district advisor for about four months. in february 69, i was moved down to another district. in july 69, bill colby, then the of the cia,, leader pulled me out of the field and took me up to saigon and give me a bureaucrats job to coordinate the u.s. government and the south vietnamese government and decentralizing power to all the villages in vietnam. during that experience, i wented a lot, came back, to law school. i started to me it -- in my year of language training i can till do so-so. then i became more of an academic, if you will. after 1975 i was able to convince the ford foundation to fund a project at harvard law sch

we had last year in our esf program was, we had an ngo called rti, which is one of the big sort of usaid implementers that was working on education programs in egypt. totally innocuous, nonpolitical. and that organization became subject to a massive campaign of public public vilification in the state media, they're corrupting the youth, they're spreading homosexuality. the government uses this kind of nationalism, this anti-americanism, to vilify ngos of all stripes. and in that case, it resulted in secretary kerry pleading with general el sisi, please, take our aid, do us the favor of taking our money. and in the end they wouldn't do it. they would take it if we wrote them a check, but they wouldn't do it through an independent ngo. we said, to heck with it, we're going to spend that money in tunisia, in iraq, in syria, in places where we are equally pressing interests but partners wanting to work with us. >> thank you very much. mr. abrams, you mentioned that egypt is purchasing russian military equipment. russian special forces have been dispatched to the western desert in egypt. sinc

. >> and that has ramifications for our needs to invest in a usaid state department and the civil society that could help their are some of the challenges of the region and the municipal administration that you spoke to? dr. wehrey: absolutely. one of the bright spots in libya is the fact that municipal authorities in toy collected legitimacy. there are certain cases where they have had success. with the united nations and toers is going straight them. what is so worried -- what is a worrying about the areas under haftar is that he has replaced them with military governors. deborah jones: i would only say we saw support- and had opportunistic nothing ideologically to do with. it was about a competition for resources. so until you have a government that does what a government is supposed to do, through security quickly toward framework law, he will have this problem in libya. >> my previous line of questioning was prospective. the retrospective, let's think about the lessons learned. about whether there are broader applications to the middle east. you know that many thought a on the medite

a congressional bill named for taylor calls it the taylor force act would cut off usaid to the palestiniants. republican senator lindsey graham is the bill's main sponsor. can you imagine growing up in a country where government will pay you for killing someone else >> the u.s. is the palestinian authority more than three and a million dollars in the pa shows how 7% of its total budget. israeli ambassador to the united nations says the payments must stop. >> no israeli or american would be happy to know that money is being used to pay for families of terrorism. when you give money to the family. taylor skinner was identified as 22-year-old -- who was shot to death by israeli police after the attack. his body was given a hero's welcome when he returned to the west bank. palestinian u.n. ambassador told us while they are against civilians being killed what he calls the families of martyrs deserve the money. >> you cannot cherry-pick one case here or one case there. there are a large number of palestinians who are receiving compensation. there are victims of terrorism. >> taylor's parents hop

usaid is the leading provider including 600,000 tons of food assistance since 2013. this resolution calls on the government to cease hostilities. and in the gospel of matthew, jesus teaches, quote, you were hungry and you fed me. truly, i tell you, whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did for me. in africa to both stabilize the region and feed those dying of hunger, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 187. the speaker pro tempore: ms. bass reserves her time. mr. royce. mr. royce: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. ms. bass: i have no more speakers and i propose to close. . there is no need for millions to dry. the world needs to step up as it did in the ebola crisis. the u.s. needs to continue to lead, our contribution is vital and is based on the size of our economy and the fact that other countries who are not as fortunate contribute in different ways. but the entire world should and does participate. in 2011, 200,000 people had to die in somalia before the world took notice and acted. this

the international affairs budget, which includes needed funding for usaid, the department department and others things would be cut under a third in the trump budget, ad 2% cut to the state department alone. the last 70 years show these investments in diplomacy and settlement are critical. foreign nance is not a charity. it serves a humanitarian purpose but also makes us stronger by promoting american values around the world, by building coalitions that isolate our adversaries, and by helping make millions -- or tens of millions less susceptible to terrorism and to extremism around the world. this is a false choice between significantly increasing our defense spending and the need to sustain our investments in diplomacy and development. i hope my colleagues and constituents will take time to think about the many different federal programs that i've briefly discussed in these remarks about the proposed budget and all the different ways that these federal programs have invested in our quality of life, in our national security, and our economic prosperity. many of them are scheduled for