virginia has excellent universities. are there ways to engage those universities more in this effort? gov. mcauliffe: great question. we have. university of virginia is our key strategic learner. they are a part of the children's cabinet. the children's cabinet -- i actually asked my lieutenant governor who is a pediatric doctor -- university presidents are all part of that children's cabinet that we have. all of our pre-k, all of our education, i make sure we have community leaders, education leaders, but uva provides of a lot of the research data that i provided here today. you are right. we have great higher ed institutions. they want to be involved. we can do a better job when i talk about -- the key elements teachers are pre-k we could do a better job getting those institutions to train the teachers and get a pipeline of teachers as they are graduating. i will beginning several commencement addresses this year. one of my things will be, i need you, now that you have an education, i need your help now to plant the se

virginia is unique. we have the number one recipient of department of defense dollars and number one of the whole country. largest naval base in the world and the pentagon and the cia and quantico. october 1st sequestration is a big marker for virginia. what i've been able to do is work with the general assembly to say we've got to diversify and become less reliant on the federal government and build a new economy. you cannot do that without the best educated workforce and it comes down to education and the issue becomes when do you start on education. this was important to me as we go forward to build our new economy and bring in those new jobs. we have been very successful in virginia and very low unemployment. we've done three economic projects and direct investment into virginia. that is double any governor in history. that not that i'm counting. because of the success with job creation and economic development i was able to forge a bipartisan relationship with our general assembly who realized let's

that is a new virginia economy. the reason we are able to do it, i was able to convince the ceos in china that we had eight workforce that you are going to have 15 years from today. you will not invest in a state unless they are convinced you will have a workforce for 30 years. it starts with early childhood education. everybody is beginning to get on the bus here to figure out what we need to do to compete in a global economy. every governor faces the same challenges i have today -- growing and diversifying the economy. i think we have now gotten to the point where preschool and early childhood education is not a partisan issue at all. it is nonpartisan, in fact, it is bipartisan. everyone needs to work together. as we move forward, i want to find the department of education. virginia was one of 18 states that was rewarded a grant with $17.5 million. in our first year, they will continue to support us. we work very hard to get this grant. it was very competitive, and i'm so proud of our team that put this together.

virginia is very unique. -- diversifying the economy. virginia is very unique. we are the number one recipient of department of defense dollars. number one in the country. we have the largest naval base in the world. we have so many military assets, the pentagon, the cia, quantico. so when defenses funding it is great but when they are cutting back it has a dramatic impact on the economy. sequestration is a big marker for virginia and it could have a crippling effect on the economy. what i have tried to do was work with the general assembly to say that we have to grow the economy and be less reliant and build a diversified 20th century economy. human genome sequencing, cyber security, all of the jobs of the future. you cannot do that without the best educated workforce. the issue becomes when do you start education? this is something that became important working forward to building new economy and bring them jobs. we have been very successful in virginia, very low unemployment, 351 economic development projects. we have brought in $6.44 billion of direct invest

doubled in a governor in virginia history. with job success of economic development fortunate forged a bipartisan relationship with the general assembly who realized i was creating jobs. we have made tremendous progress in 14 months. i talk about the new virginia economy. it is not only education. we had onerous legislation relating to women's issues when i became governor. we ended that. they were going to shut down 18 women's health clinics, that is gone. i try to make virginia open and welcome to everyone. i was the first southern candidate to come out for gay marriage. i have an executive order allowing gay couples to adopt. i'm the first governor to perform gay marriage and the sky did not fall in. if you want to come to virginia, start a business, we want you. to make it open and welcoming. we face challenges historically, and virginia on education. i recognize we have a lot to do in virginia. 52% of 3-year-old and four-year-olds were not in school. among 3-year-old's and four-year-olds in households with incomes below $

i have done this in virginia. when i ran a virginia, iran on cutting the car tax in virginia. when i was governor, we did. that brought more money in the pockets of men and women. i know what we need to do here. secondly, we need to get rid of all the crony capitalism deductions and credits that we see and the tax code today and get the rate down for charging on corporate activity to 15%. that is what we need to do. you hear people tell you that we are in a global economy. i can assure you it is true. the only difference is that people in the united states are paying 35 30% tax rate, the highest in the world. we have to compete with people across the world where they are paying lower tax rates and are not competitive. that has to change. finally, in order to preserve the ability for people with small businesses and small farms to pass the labor of their work down to their children, we need to eliminate the death tax today, once and for all. [applause] this isn't just slogans, this is a comprehensive plan that if it is put together, economists tell us it will grow the economy.

o'halleran: i would say i am very encouraged by what is happening in virginia. the governor talked about it as our business community, which is 100% onboard with early childhood education, which helps efforts not only in a bipartisan, but in a nonpartisan way in the commonwealth. we had an experience this year in the session where it looks like we may be moving backwards in our preschool eligibility in virginia. we heard such an outcry from actually, southwest virginia which is not your typical liberal community that advocates for liberal programs. we heard from teachers, parents, community leaders, and republican legislators in those communities who are so worried that we are going to be cutting back on eligibility on public preschool programs that we were able to strike a deal with the republican leadership in the house and senate to move forward using previous eligibility criteria. i'm hopeful moving forward in the next biennial budget, which will be the first and only biennial budget that governor mcauliffe will be having control over, that we will be able t

beyer of virginia. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. beyer: section 104 would prevent the army corps of engineers from updating regulations pertaining to the definitions of fill material or discharge of fill material for purposes of the clean water act. when congress first enacted the clean water act and 35 years the law kept america's lakes, rivers and streams safe, protecting our wildlife and drinking water. that is no longer the case today. my amendment would remove this anti-clean water act rider. when congress first enacted the clean water act the 404 permit process was supposed to be used for certain construction projects like bridges and roads and raising the bottom elevation of a water body and converting it into dry land. under a 2002 rule change, it was broadened to include rock, soil, clay plastics construction debris and wood chips and ex caffings activities. it would remove language previously excluded, waste discharges from section 404 jurisdiction. the change allows the use of 404 permits to allow certain discharges that

in virginia, it is unique. i know other states have it, but there is an open primary law in virginia. the democratic candidate did not have a primary that day. in fact, it was later uncovered that my opponent in the primary was actively engaged in recruiting the democratic voters , and the postelection polling indicated that 23,000 democratic riemer he voters came into my primary. whereas, i hit -- i still receive the majority of republican votes, i did not receive anywhere near as much as i used to, because of a lot of the issues we talked about. my stance on immigration, my stance on keeping the government open, my stance on making sure we did not go into default is a federal government, my stance in passing the tarp will. all things i feel should have been done, and i would not have given where i was in those instances, knowing what i knew then. but i think the fault was in the political calculation about who were the voters and who was coming out to vote that day. >> do you miss congress at all? eric: i mis

host: rick is on the line, a republican from virginia. caller: i am originally from west virginia. just about all the people i know back there are, because of this administration's environmental laws and regulations, the coal mines and power plants have been shut down. many people are out of work. i do not believe in climate change. i do not think it is real. i think what is really telling was about to excuse ago when they found out that many of these scientists were fudging the data to make it sound worse than it was. that is all i have to say. guest: i think that is a huge problem. with these regulations, whether you believe in climate change or not, the clean power plan to regulate co2 emissions which will effectively kill coal. president obama made that clear when he was running for president, saying that if you want to build a coal-fired power plant, you can, they will bankrupt them for the amount of money it will cost. it is coming true with this regulations. it will not only destroyed coal energy. but energy is our master resource. those will ripple through the economy. even

second, again when i was virginia's technology secretary the north carolina-virginia border used to be the hot spot for furniture manufacturing. that's it. we went through a policy of debate, those jobs aren't coming back, how do we build a safety net down there and broadband is the answer and we did everything we could to improve that north carolina, virginia border. something interesting happened around this concept of automation. manufacturing is cheaper becausemanufacturing is cheaper because you no longer have to have the same labor intensity and can in-source jobs back at faster rate in response to china. so ikea opens up a manufacturing plant for furniture. where? right in the heart of that north carolina-virginia border, the same place that was written off for its capacity to build furniture and was being told, in the neighborhood you have to do , different things because your life as a furniture person is over. all of a sudden, because of robots as co-workers automation, you can actually compete on a more effective footing. we're seeing that in-sourcing trend now all across th

first serving in the virginia house of delegates, and beginning in 2001, representing virginia's 7th district in the u.s. house of representatives. in 2008, congressman cantor was elected republican whip, and in 2011 he was elected house majority leader of the 112th congress. known as a smart and pragmatic player, congressman cantor called for a vision of conservatism and i quote, founded on decency inspiration and a desire to let every american have a fair shot at earning their success and achieving their dreams. end quote. last january then congressman cantor addressing congress and the obama administration, urged both to think about the eight million children who will be born before the next election and for their sake forgo short-term tactics that gain advantage for 2016 and focus on where they agree and what they can do to create growth and opportunity. we are proud to welcome eric cantor back to the forum. [applause] our moderator for tonight's discussion, the political editor of the "boston globe." schirra center. she's an authority on congressional races and elections, apearl

teresa sullivan, the president of the university of virginia. "the story did nothing to combat sexual violence. irresponsible journalism unjustly damaged the reputations of many individuals and the university. "rolling stone" falsely accused students of heinous criminal acts and falsely depicted others as an different to -- as indifferent to the suffering of classmates. such false depictions reinforce reluctance victims already feel." as we told you the fraternity at the university of virginia at the heart of the story plans to sue "rolling stone" over the article. that is the front page of "the richmond times-dispatch." plans toadam in north carolina, independent. caller: thanks for taking my call. i look at this holistically and try to say any problem that is there, i will tell you right now. all of these reporting agencies have really become editorialized pieces of fiction in a lot of ways. you can go to a news outlet, you can hear what you want to hear. if it is somewhat in agreement with what you believe it can be tossed aside. any journali

he is the former head of liberty law school in lynchburg, virginia. he's argued two cases before the supreme court and presented briefs in more than 35. >> thank you, rick. just for those that will come after me, i will ask you to spell your name for the media that they will be able to get back. my name is matt. i am founder and chairman of liberty counsel, an international nonprofit litigation education and policy organization. offices in florida, washington d.c., virginia and california and hundreds of affiliates around the country and we also have a major presence in israel. we are here because of the impending supreme court decision. this week i released an article that i wrote and you can read it at stream.org. stream was recently founded by james robinson that has an international ministry and is the founder of the stream which is an online media publication and in that article i began talking about 2009 manhattan declaration was signed instituted by an inspired by the late chuck colson and co-drafted by professor robbie and timothy george. in t

that couple got married and came back to virginia because virginia would not recognize the d.c. marriage. at the time of the decision, there were 15 states that had repealed a ban on interracial marriage. there was momentum going in their favor, but the supreme court still struck down the prosecution. there were 16 states that prohibited interracial marriage. judge sutton: that does not seem helpful. that is not the analysis that the supreme court follows in loving. it is not the fact that virginia would not recognize the d.c. marriage. it is that virginia would not recognize interracial marriages. that path goes back so first question that i asked about the inquiry as to whether the state has the right to deny a same-sex couple a marriage license. mr. gerhardstein: even in windsor -- those facts came from loving and they did consider it relevant. but even in windsor, the supreme court makes a point to say that it assumes state recognition of marriage is consistent within the states. they say that twice in the majority opinion. what we are developing here is a second tier of mar

he is the former head of liberty law school in lynchburg, virginia. he's argued two cases before the supreme court and presented briefs in more than 35. mr. staver: thank you, rick. just for those that will come after me, i will ask you to spell your name for the media that they will be able to get back. my name is mat. i am founder and chairman of liberty counsel, an international nonprofit litigation education and policy organization. offices in florida, washington d.c., virginia and california and hundreds of affiliates around the country and we also have a major presence in israel. we are here because of the impending supreme court decision. this week i released an article that i wrote and you can read it at stream.org. stream was recently founded by james robinson that has an international ministry and is the founder of the stream which is an online media publication and in that article i began talking about 2009 manhattan declaration was signed instituted by an inspired by the late chuck colson and co-drafted by professor robbie and timothy geor

hospital center in arlington virginia. what is that association? guest: we built this non-owned affiliate network around the country that i mentioned earlier and we have 32 sites in the u.s. mexico city, and puerto rico. these are very high quality hospital systems that have wanted to affiliate with mayo clinic. they join us as part of the mayo clinic care network and the doctors and nurses that are seen their have access to mayo clinic information, digital information the doctor -- digital tools the doctors and nurses can use every day. if they need additional assistance, they can call us. we can have telephone consultations or electronic video consultations. if that does not work perhaps 10% or 15% of the patients need additional face to face care and we are happy to see those patients. as you mentioned, there is an affiliate in the washington, d.c. area. host: dana, a few minutes left with our guest. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question, when i called to get my son into the mayo clinic and he has medi

virginia second only to texas in terms of capital punishment. but it is clear that it is broken from the point of apprehension to how people are arrested, to prison administration, to the reentry process. i held two and a half years of hearings on it, and we'd brought this issue out of the shadows into the national debate. the great irony is this is in issue that the democratic party should own. criminal justice reform, social justice. know who is making the most mileage out of it right now? rand paul. rand paul. when you look at the american conservative political action conference, it was the number three issue to be focusing on. we need to get the issue back. the comprehensive issue of criminal justice reform, not one little piece of it or another. when i introduced the g.i. bill, my first day in office, i had written it with counsel. and the comment i was making even before i ran for the senate, is give them the same educational opportunities of the greatest generation. pay their tuition, buy their books. and i had people saying that you're

you are also looking at people, for instance, like tim kaine from virginia. virginia is a state where they are really and support of the fast-track bill. the house side is a totally different story. there, people are focused on their districts where people are literally saying, we know you support president obama on many things, please don't go with him on this. host: the politics on trade are interesting. the senator was saying, the more people know about these trade deals, the less they like them. a poll recently came out that when you ask americans if trade deals benefit the economy, they say, yes they do. how does the administration go forward? reporter: the administration tries to portray it in exactly the terms that you describe, in generic terms. they say, 95% of consumers do not live in the united states, we need to open up markets. that means that u.s. goods and services can go to those places. generically, that makes sense. the critics, including senator brown would say, let's look at the details. past promises have not borne out. it is not an acros

and a conversation with democrat don beyer of virginia. and philip mattera, on which organizations benefit -- which nations benefit the most from has credits. "washington journal" is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal." in a couple of hours, thousands of kids, families will dissent on the white house lawn for the annual 137th white house easter egg roll. the president and first lady will be there, and we will get an update on that and the resident's troubles this week to the pan-american conference what is ahead for the iranian nuclear deal. we will start our program with some of the news that developed

hospital center in arlington, virginia. what is that association? guest: we built this non-owned affiliate network around the country as i mentioned earlier. we have 32 sites in the u.s. mexico city, and puerto rico. these are very high quality hospital systems that have wanted to affiliate with mayo clinic. they join us as part of our mayo clinic care network and the doctors and nurses that are seen their have access to mayo clinic information, digital tools the doctors and nurses can use every day. if they need additional assistance, they can call us. we can have telephone consultations or electronic video consultations. if that does not work, perhaps 10% or 15% of the patients need additional face-to-face care and we are happy to see those patients. as you mentioned, there is an affiliate in the washington, d.c., area. host: dana, a few minutes left with our guest. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question. when i called to get my son into the mayo clinic and he has medicare and medi-cal, i was actually tol

she and john rolfe had a single son together in virginia. they had jim crow laws. they did not acknowledge indians at all. if you were indian, under virginia law, you were colored. if you had -- they had the one drop rule. if any of her ancestors were african or african-american, you too were colored and subject to the segregation laws of that jim crow embodied. there was a single exception to that. it was the pocahontas exception. if the indian to whom you were related happened to be pocahontas, you were not just white, you were like, extra white. it did not get any better than being related to pocahontas. all of the first families of virginia spent enormous effort trying to establish they too were descendents of the one child of pocahontas. that was embodied in the laws of virginia. it is right there. that is really weird, right? once again, we want people to say, why on earth would they do something like that? they had taken pocahontas, a real person, and made her into something they need in order to establish just how american they are. that is what has got us

whoever cast the majority of votes for virginia, 4 delegates from virginia with kathy virginia votes. host: with the district of columbia be revisited? guest: no. host: line four republican. caller: thank you for having this important discussion. we need to point out that this is not a constitutional convention that would open the constitution up to rewriting. it is the convention of the states to amend the constitution and it would be the state legislatures doing it. the governor's and our federal congress would not have anything to do with this. the people that do not want it to happen, keep saying they will rewrite the constitution. we need to point out that is not going to happen. guest: this is a refreshingly well-informed caller. only the legislatures -- governors have no jurisdiction. congress can only do two things, name the time and place of the convention. they will say, may 3, cincinnati ohio, for example. they can designate the mode of ratification. i would bet that they will choose state legislatures, because ratification conventions are chosen by the people. people will

host: don beyer is our guest and he's a freshman congressman from virginia. we're talking about the iran and the reaction to the nuclear agreement, the framework that was announced last week. on another issue though, the "washington post" notes that you are set to replace chris as the finance chair and that's from the "washington post" role call. they wonder can democrats win the house in 2016? you're taking over for chris val hullens. what is the biggest challenge for you to get quality candidates and take back the house in 2016? congressman beyer: i think you answered the question it's finding quality candidates. we need 30 seats. we're 188 which is the fewest since harry truman was president. we had a tough year in 2010 and lost 65 seats and this last year after the ebola and isis beheadings was terrible. only one in three americans showed up to vote that day. we need to get great candidates. our presidential year is a better year for democrats so we expect some improvement and i would love us to get to 30, but if we can get to 18, 20 or 22 is a big step.

benefactors, and mike livermore of the university of virginia law school discussing the cost and benefits of regulations. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation with phone calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> coming up tonight on c-span senator rand paul announces his candidacy for president. and president obama speaks at the easter prayer breakfast. that is followed by our profile of ruben gallego. during senator paul speech, he was raising $24 per second. the post writes that in the upper right corner, one of the leading forums monday was a message that may have seen cryptic to an outsider. stand with rand, it read. the idea of the money bomb in politics is generally associated with the elder paul. supporters decided to make a splash of support for the former texas representative by encouraging donations to his presidential campaign within a 24-hour period. so senator paul's fundraiser continues. you can see the total above $450,000 on his website. next up, the senators announcement from louisville. this is 35 minutes. [app

jordan: i thank the gentleman from virginia. i yield to the gentleman from west virginia. -- mr. buck, thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. thank you for the opportunity to rise and speak on this important issue. i have some serious concerns about the future of the export-import bank, particularly with this administration. in the past, the bank has been used to push extreme environmental policies from the president to guide how it awards their loans. we all know that the president has declared a war on coal, and through his administration, he's doing everything he can to prosecute that war on coal. mr. mooney: we have seen the e.p.a. and other departments in this administration through regulation not through congress but through regulation attempt to shut down the coal industry and bankrupt the coal strifment the president himself said his goal is to bankrupt the coal industry. this of course this along with the export-import bank is hurting coal companies and costing american jobs as they try to compete in the global market. i know tha

and a conversation with democrat don beyer of virginia. and philip mattera, on which organizations benefit -- which nations benefit the most from has credits. "washington journal" is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal." in a couple of hours, thousands of kids, families will dissent on the white house lawn for the annual 137th white house easter egg roll. the president and first lady will be there, and we will get an update on that and the resident's troubles this week to the pan-american conference what is ahead for the iranian nuclear deal. we will start our program with some of the news that developed last week and we talked about over the weekend the religious freedom laws in arkansas and indiana, and whether businesses should be more socially active. some of the reaction to those laws in those states, whether businesses

judith: he is still in virginia. one thing i find distressing is that i have tried to go back and look at the follow-up to my story and say -- what is true and what did i get right and wrong. no one is pointing out the new information. very few reviewers seem to be interested in the fact that the two sources that i quoted the most, both of them turned out to be useful in some respect to the u.s. government. brian: you have a paragraph early in the book on page 59. does this have anything to do with why people are not your biggest fans, some of these journalists? "in the 1960's, i had what was then regarded as a male attitude towards sex. i enjoyed fairly casual encounters that neither my partners nor i assumed would lead to a long-term commitment. with very few exceptions, i remain on good terms with the men i dated." did you think that one out? judith: i did. there had been so much written about my alleged sourcing of stories. this had been a repeated scene. -- repeated theme. not just me, but other women. nobody as

first serving in the virginia house of delegates and beginning in 2001 representing virginia seventh district in the u.s. house of representatives. in 2008, colors meant canter was elected republican whip and in 2011, a elected house majority leader of the 100 and 12 congress. -- 112 congress. known as a smart and pragmatic legislator, commerce meant canter called for a vision of conservatism. one that is founded on decency, inspiration, and a desire to let every american have a fair shot at earning the success and achieving their dreams. last january, then congress one cantor addressing congress in -- and obama administration urged both to think about the 8 million children who will be born before the next election and for their sake to provide short-term tactics that gain advantage for 2016 and focus on where they agree and what they can do to create growth and opportunity. we are proud to welcome eric cantor back to the form. [applause] l moderator for tonight's discussion, the political editor of the boston globe. she is an authority on congressional races and elections and appea

he is a freshman congressman from virginia. we are talking about your calls -- we are taking your calls and talking about the framework for the agreement with iran last week. on another note, you are set to replace chris van hollen as the finance chair of the congressional then democrat campaign committee. -- congressional democrat campaign committee. what is the biggest challenge for you to get quality candidates and take back the house in 2016? guest: that is the big question in it, finding quality candidates. we need 30 seats. we are at 188 right now, which is the fewest democratically since harry truman was president. we had a tough year in 2010. we lost 65. and this last week, after the ebola scares and the isis beheadings, it was a pretty terrible election. one in three eligible americans even showed up to vote that day. our job is to get great candidates and for people to be excited enough to turn out. we expect some improvement. even if we can get 18 to 22 that is a big step in the right direction. host: it is early yet

the event included former virginia senator jim webb and former maryland governor martin o'malley. both of them have said they are considering a presidential run in 2016. this is part of c-span's road to the white house coverage. >> thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be able to spend a few minutes with you tonight. i would like to think the polk county democrats to be here with you. i would also like to express my appreciation to the uaw for hosting this event. it can safely be said that i am the only person ever elected to statewide office in virginia with a union card, two purple hearts and three tatoos. i'm very proud of this support. -- support we have for organized labor. [applause] i would also like to say, that these videos were so extraordinarily well done. the one that really got to me was the first one about the veterans. i do not think that anyone who has had to watch friends be shipped away like that will ever forget it. i come from a family with a long military tradition. my dad was a world war ii bomber pilot. he was a pioneer in the missile program. i was a mar

i'm virginia sloan and i'm president of the constitution product. i'm delighted to welcome me here to our eighth annual gala honoring this year's constitutional champions. senators patrick leahy and rand paul and twitter for their work in the areas of criminal justice, detainee treatment, and privacy reform. i want to especially welcome our past champions who are here tonight. judges bill session and bill shields. [applause] virginia: what acrimony seems to pervade so much of politics today, the constitution project constraints that it doesn't always have to be that way. obviously, individuals ideological factions and organizations may and do disagree vehemently about what the constitution means, but for nearly two decades ccp has surmounted many of these disagreements by sponsoring groups of experts from across the ideological spectrum to seek constitutional consensus. it is the bipartisan and inclusive nature of our work that lends it such credibility and influence. this year, we are focusing on three vital areas. first, how can we maintain public

he always -- he also taught economics nearly his entire professional life at the university of virginia, george mason university, and george washington university. throughout his career, dr. johnson was active in professional societies such as the national association of business economists, serving as chapter president in 1971. the institute for social science research, the rural economic society, the national tax association, american finance association, southern economic association, and the cost mose club -- cosmos club here in washington where he often took his children. mr. speaker, dr. johnson was also deeply engaged in his local community. serving on the zearneda hospital board of directors, including a term as its president. he also proudly served on the alexandria school board and vesttry of st. paul's episcopal church and emanuel church in alexandria. mr. speaker, my thoughts and prayers are with his wife of 63 years, margaret ann, his three children, thomas william, and reverend sara nelson and seven grandchildren. dr. thomas frank johnson will surely be missed. mr. speaker

she and john rolfe had a single son together in virginia. they had jim crow laws. they did not acknowledge indians at all. if you were indian, under virginia law, you were colored. if you had -- they had the one drop rule. if any of her ancestors were african or african-american, you too were colored and subject to the segregation laws of that jim crow embodied. there was a single exception to that. it was the pocahontas exception. if the indian to whom you were related happened to be pocahontas, you were not just white, you were like, extra white. it did not get any better than being related to pocahontas. all of the first families of virginia spent enormous effort trying to establish they too were descendents of the one child of pocahontas. that was embodied in the laws of virginia. it is right there. that is really weird, right? once again, we want people to say, why on earth would they do something like that? they had taken pocahontas, a real person, and made her into something they need in order to establish just how american they are. that is what has got us

united states versus virginia. the court held that the exclusion of women violated the equal protection clause. what is the unofficial sixth standard? the same intermediate scrutiny standard to gender-based classification that the court established in crank and affirmed in hogan. justice ginsburg picks up on the phrase exceedingly persuasive justification from justice o'connor's opinion in open. -- hogan. it may sound slightly stricter than intermediate scrutiny. this prompted justice scalia in dissent that they were playing strict scrutiny. in usd virginia, scalia suspects under the guise of a playing intermediate scrutiny. in a similar vein, they understand it is not the failure of the equal rights amendment. so what is the best argument for all of the above? there is an argument for each of the above. what is the best argument for none of the above? that amounts to the same as all of the above. what does this pedagogic exercise teaches about equal protection clause and the future of antidiscrimination law? here

given the recent uptick in crude by rail accidents, most recently west virginia and illinois, i simply am astonished that we are once again waiting for omt to sign off on these important regulations. i'm also concerned that the department has failed to publish a regulation to acquire a comprehensive oil spill response plan from the railroads. we have given substantial increases in resources for more inspectors, for example. could you update us and explain why more po progress has not been made in this truly critical area? secretary anthony foxx: first of all, madam chairman, your concerns are our concerns. we certainly take this issue very seriously. i want to describe a few steps we have taken to answer your question. first of all, on the issue of the crude by rail, the department, very early on in this process, took 24 steps, along with industry, to basically provide a bridge between block the-- last week we announced several additional steps we have taken. the work continues. one of the challenges of doing this rule is that we are talking not only about investors back retrospective

host: virginia, go ahead. caller: i think everyone has kind of touched on some really good points on both sides. i called on the support line not to say -- just to say that my view is that maybe wrong sites were chosen recently. the hobby lobby and then the situation out in indiana with the pizza shop. probably in response to recent years of state legislatures trying to enact measures that were restrictive in the minds of many women. i do think the church has the right as its own entity to establish its own rules for the continuity of that religious system, but at the same time, i do not think we are a theocratic society. if we were, it could easily be understood and pushed down, if you will, from federal lockdown to the state's local. these are the kinds of roles society will have to live by. host: let's squeeze in one more call before we let our guest go p are from texas on the phone line. caller: i was just wondering if a bisexual father and his four biological homosexual sons are in a committed relationshi

host: let's go back to call spared fredericksburg, virginia, a republican. caller: we keep hearing infrastructure and it is always roads and schools. but, in fact, we need a deeper infrastructure. we need reform of business government and this is local and state governments also it we need reform of the school system. we do need to educate people without all of the bringing the children into it, because we are the guardians of the children but the children do not have a say in education, and they should not. we are adults. what i am trying to say is, you keep talking about infrastructure. we have a moral infrastructure deficit. we neglect the small country towns in this country. we see people's boarded-up houses and boarded-up stores and young people standing on the streets and waiting for drug dealers. it is happening all throughout the country. all you have to do is take a trip down 95 to myrtle beach and you will see all of these closed places in these small areas. guest:

host: virginia caller on our democrat line. caller: i'm going to play on his point, of the confusion of the masses. why would we go into iraq, take saddam out, and then let others take over. this creates confusion in the area. this goes back to their country. iran is playing a big role. shiites are killing sunnis. this is seen as allying with iran even though they attacked to the embassy. even though they were our enemies, and even though saudi arabia is against our war they were a loyal ally to the united date and this is very confusing. host: thank you for the call. guest: we were talking about how the united date is aligned against iran and yemen. the united states is also on the effective side of yemen, but against isis. the iranian backed shiite militias were one of the fact is an targeting u.s. troops raid of course, iran has been deeply involved in syria. here is the problem. by positioning ourselves as being aligned with iran according to one way of looking this, being thereir air force in iraq, we're sitting ourselves

in 2000, there was a summit in west virginia on syria. an israeli newspaper got a hold of the draft agreement and leak the whole thing and blew up those talks so there was no peace agreement between israel and syria. for whatever reasons, the obama administration kept those negotiations quiet. the israelis were upset about the interim agreement. although after it went into effect they did not seem to mind so much. what they envision is to keep that interim agreement in effect forever and to keep sanctions on forever with limited relief for iran. but it is unrealistic the only reason the sanctions have worked as because they are multilateral. the europeans are not going to indefinitely maintain these sanctions and stop buying iranian oil. i don't know. it is a delaying tactic, maybe netanyahu hopes he can prevent an agreement until the next president comes in. may be the next president would be a republican more into it with his views. for now i see it as a way of exerting pressure to try to get everyone to squeeze the last possible conces

and virginia, they set up a program. virginia used to be a state that would send people to jail for not paying child support. what they are doing now is referring to the parents to a case management program who works on helping them overcome the barriers that prohibit them from paying support. states are moving towards that sort of thing. first of all, children to be supported by both their parents. we believe that. when parents are engaged in when parents are engaged in their children's lives, the outcomes are better. it is unfortunate there are states that incarcerate parents for failure to pay child support. we believe it should be a rare situation for parents able to pay. host: our first color for the segment is wayne from harrisburg, pennsylvania. you say you pay child support. caller: i would like to say the main important thing is a job. if you don't have a job, how are you supposed to pay child support? and they can take your license from you. if they suspend your fishing license, i don't understand it. the job i

martinsburg, west virginia and engine. you are up. guest: good morning. i saw a police officer shoot and unarmed black man in new york 29 years ago. i still remember it verbatim. i think when they start charging these police officers with these civil suits this money come out of police officers pocket. for all the people who say to vote democrat and you get a better city council and what have you, no. they are the sa the republicans on these kind of issuesme. . the fbi agents kill unarmed people. it is the whole system. it is corrupt. they have crawled and to their police department. when will people kill my will, they kill more dogs. people cannot take this. host: i want you to listen to this part of the open washington post" piece. police shoot hundreds of people each year. only a handful -- your thoughts not only on the police officer being charged for murder but what do you make it videos? should he be able to video? your thoughts on all of this. caller: i commend the person who took this video. we saw a lot of things. everything is lack and light. --

don is up first in clifton, virginia. line for republicans. caller: i think it is disgusting she would be up for consideration. after eric holder, it's kind of like obama was rubbing it in our faces that he is going to go into another person based on identity politics -- a black female. the hsbc banking scandal where there were billions of dollars being laundered on behalf of drug cartels and terrorist groups -- [indiscernible] that is something investigated. i cannot believe she is up for a vote. host: do you think that during her confirmation hearings that senators explore that issue enough with her? caller: not at all. i think republican senators are afraid of being called racist and so they are willing to go with the criminal. it is sickening. she is supposed to be the highest law enforcement officer in the lab. she's up there saying that illegal aliens have just as much right to jobs as american citizens. host: in clifton, virginia, this morning. we are taking your comments on facebook page. don says "finally. it should have happened long

a show on cable access in virginia. after the first show, which i think most people found ill, i walked off the set thinking, i love this and i want to do this the rest of my life. then i went into radio and tv and 13 years ago, we started the young turks on sirius satellite radio. 10 years ago, we started an online video. we are the longest running daily stream on the web. no one has had a stream running live every day as long as we have. once i got to online video and we saw an explosion in growth, first on youtube like i said earlier, no one faced look and hulu and roku and all these outlooks we knew we had found a better way. all my life, i had to do with program directors and radio in tv who did not know a thing about connecting and audios -- an audience. it turns out, we are at over 2.5 billion views. apparently, we had a bit of a winning formula and did no what we're talking about the be honest with your audience. if you're honest with your audience and you serve them, politicians, powerful people they recognize