congressman walter jones of north carolina, a critic of the u.s. efforts in afghanistan, and questions on how the u.s. is doing. this coming after u.s. troop withdrawals continued in iraq last year and 90,000 troops remain in afghanistan with that country being in the news over the last ten days to two weeks. the entire testimony, by the way, as with all of our programming, is available on our website any time at c-span.org. >>> the president today accusing iran of imposing what he called an electric curtain on its citizens and promised new u.s. steps aimed at helping to ease the iranian people's access to the internet which a social media campaign designed to promote peace between ordinary israelis and iranians. something that is now under way. the president speaking directly to iranians in a video message commemorating the persian new year celebration. the president did acknowledge continued tensions between our two countries, but insisted that americans do want a dialogue with iran. >> today, michelle and i extend our best wishes to all those wh

standing up and saying of this is wrong including congress legislation has been introduced by walter jones of north carolina that obama launches new wars in syria or other areas without congressional approval that impeachment begins that has not been on any globalist corporate new world order media here in the united states not a.b.c. not fox not seeing it in none of them have covered that impeachment proceedings have begun look there's major power grabs happening and if we don't stand up and a crime we're all in serious serious danger now on you mentioned war and you run a reporter asked the question if perhaps war with iran this is all in preparation for a war with iran you heard some laughs there. part of the heart of a sun behind us executive order. yeah think about that everyone knows that israel says they're get ready to strike iran and there's open discussions of it they've got special forces and proxy groups blowing up military bases in iran now that's on record and we see the president putting the u.s. on a war footing and signing a declaration that allows the grabbing of the enti

that's why walter jones and i have come together and organized many of our colleagues in a letter tosident to really be strong on diplomacy and to go back to that effort that the president very wisely started, which is direct bilateral engagement with iran. >> congressman, obviously this -- this problem with iran goes back to 1979. >> before that. >> since '79, they've been the epicenter of terrorism across the globe. george w. bush repeatedly frustrated in his efforts to try to negotiate something with iran. what can this president do at this point with a regime that has just been so uncooperative over the past several years? >> well, you know, the fact is no one says it's easy, it's just that going to war would be catastrophic and worse. i think diplomacy is not necessarily easy, but we have seen turkey and brazil get iranians to the negotiating table and to have them make real concessions. i think that an effort by the president to stick to it, stay to it, and not just be diverted by a few bumps in the road would prevail and would certainly benefit the rest of the world. look, we

and i say god please bless walter jones. mr. speaker, we are here today with the progressive caucus message today. our web site is listed on the bottom. we come every week with a progressive message. the progressive caucus is a caucus in the congress. there are several. there is the big caucus, the democratic caucus and republican caucus, but within both, there are different groups that have points of agreement that they come together around. on the republican side, there is the republican study groupon the democratic side, black caucus, hispanic caucus, the progressive caucus is a caucus within the democratic caucus, but all of our members are democrats and we believe that america should be a place where there is liberty and justice for all. that means whether you are hispanic, latino, african american, we believe you should get a decent wage and the people who are most privileged in our society, god bless them, but they should pay adequate taxes so we can afford the basic necessities of our society, schools, roads, you know, t

it seems like we get walter jones and maybe ron paul, but that's about it. so what can we do to strengthen some alternative to this call for the war in congress? >> i guess that's targeted at me. i don't know is the answer. their are too few libertarians in congress, so i would loudly endorse the sentiment. no, i think look, if you are looking at it from the congressional standpoint, there are lots of reasons why you would want to sign on to another sanctions bill and there's lots of reasons why you wouldn't want to sign on to the jones legal and lots of them are political reasons. secreting the countervailing pressure i think is probably the most fruitful thing to do in that regard although it is a tough hill to climb. >> on this side? >> david eisenberg, the question is addressed to mr. logan, it is the only viable alternative in the military attacks and nonstarter for reasons that won't work. but i would ask you to assess -- it would seem to constraint on effective diplomacy's and part restrained by domestic political opposition, and i would ask you for y

it seems like we have walter jones and maybe ron paul, but that's about it. so what can with we do to strengthen some alternatives to this call for war in congress? >> yeah. i guess that's targeted at me. i don't know, is the answer. [laughter] there are too few libertarian members of congress in my view, so i will loudly endorse that sentiment. no, i think that, look, if you're looking at it from a congressional standpoint, there are lots of reasons why you would want to sign on to another sanctions bill, and there are lots of reasons why you wouldn't want to sign on to the jones-lee bill, and lots of them are political reasons. so creating countervailing political pressures, i think, is probably the most fruitful thing to do in that regard although it's a tough hill to climb. so -- >> on this side. >> david isenberg, cato adjunct scholar. this question is addressed to ms. lee and mr. logan. it seems to me that diplomacy, while it has imperfections, is the only alternative. military attacks are a nonstarter for reasons i won't bore people with. but i would a

jones makes a nice assist to waldo. waldo with 12 for the gaels. usf coach walters not happy with the officiating.eeded key shots down the stretch. jones keeps it alive. then why not? the gaels with five players in double figures and beat the dons for the third time this year, this one by the score of 83-78 and st. mary's 26-5 and heading to the championship game. the otherf only other to be decided is who they meet in the championship ? byuand the gonzaga wouldd would determine that. st. marys and gonzaga have split their two games and meet for the championship tomorrow, if gonzaga holds on and wins that game. >>> ucla did cal a big favor today. as far as the pac-12 championship is concerned. the bruins hosting first place washington today as the huskies tried to clench the conference tonight. washington led most of the way, but for the bruins went on a 10- 2 run. ucla takes it away, jones with the long 3. jones would go for 20. ucla in front by a point. now with less than a minute to play, they are tied at 69. tyler tram let goes of the 3 that won't go. first its joshua smith and then david ware

walter reed national military medical center in bethesda. there will be extra security at the gates along wisconsin avenue and jones bridge road. and since it will take longer for employees to get through those gates, traffic is expected to back up. >>> ken cuccinelli will run for governor in virginia next year. the republican attorney general officially filed papers thursday to create a campaign committee. he's running continue the work of strengthening virginia's economy, preserving liberty and promoting smaller governments. state law prevents current governor bob mcdonnell from seeking a second term. >>> the time right now is 5:06 and i am watching your money. it would be nice to end the week with a rally on wall street but so far today unfortunately red arrows around the world. europe and asia following wall street lower. here at home stocks dropped. instead investors were keying in on worries about possible economic slowdown in europe and china. checking the numbers, the dow stands just above 13,000, dropped 78 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq was down by 12 and the s&p 500 was off by 10. >>> a democratic senator fr