trump from the white house. bill kristol is joining us here. how is your effort coming along? bill: there is a lot of support out there. we should have a choice other than he and hillary clinton or donald trump. getting a serious, credible every fouro run years, it is not so easy to do. you have two parties who set a monopoly situation there are serious people engaged in real direction -- discussions and it is not too late. it is a question of finding the right candidate. deadlines, the deadline for texas has passed although there may be another way together on the ballot. winky face in terms of the calendar? bill: texas and north carolina, you would probably have received. the law would probably succeed. everywhere else you can get on. other places are harder the and others stop anything can happen. you can get on a bunch of balance in july and august. early june is a real deadline thethe mitt romney's of world. someone with national credibility who might get a turn of voters, mostly republicans but not entirely false a lot of independents and democrats would ink that person would

encourage you to join a conversation we are starting here today and continuing on twitter using # strongerwithallies. he is currently a professor at warsaw university, but previously minister of foreign affairs. he is a great friend of the attic council. it is pleasure to have them back with us. i leave it to you to get a more comprehensive introduction. >> mr. chairman. thank you very much. i mandate is to make a very brief introduction to our debate today. i would like to say that the panel of eminent persons was established with a mandate to respond to the question of how european security can be rediscovered as a common project -- the common project. amongmmon wisdom, popular the laterals and international security experts is that there -- with an aim to make them more effective. thinking ishool of that one should convene with the congress mike historical .ongress in vienna the problem in europe emerged not for the lack of documents, but for the deficit of mutual trust and confidence. i would like to say that our report reflects three different narratives. by of them is repr

. each of us will leave here today with the resolve to strengthen our commitment to our nation and the values for which it stands. if we walk away from today's ceremony reminded that the cost of freedom requires sacrifice, if we walk away with a renewed sense of commitment to our values, if we walk away reminded how important it is to defend those values, then i would offer that those who were taken from us prematurely will be able to look down and know that we truly remember them. more importantly, those who were taken from us prematurely will be able to look down and know that their lives had meaning. on behalf of the joint chiefs of staff and the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard that we are privileged to lead, thank you for bringing a meaning to the message of sacrifice. thank you for remembering. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, listen now as master sergeant michael ford of the united states army band performs the last full measure of devotion. ♪ it's the long and honored history of america there are names that shine like beacons in the night patriots whose

, d.c., and here to welcome us is the former president of colgate university, award-winning author and political scientist, the president and c.e.o. of the newseum, mr. jeffrey herbst. [applause] mr. herbst: good morning. welcome to the night studio. welcome to the newseum. the newseum explains, promotes, defends the five freedoms of the first amendment and right of free expression. we do it through a building which welcomes 800,000 people a to discuss important issues around our foundational freedoms and an educational program which reaches close to three million schoolchildren through digital outreach. in our building you will see the long history of struggles for freedom in the united states and how those struggles have depended on the rights of assembly, speech, press, expression, religion and petition. critical to our building has been the long struggling united states for civil rights. we tell the story of what has been accomplished and we also tell the story of what still needs to be done. in that regard, it has been our pleasure to partner with the national urban league and

them are in the audience here today -- us what r-tha told e-s-p-c-t ? ieshank you, sioux city's --sioux falls -- i just want to be clear -- >> i want to be absolutely clear -- >> let me be clear -- >> let me just be clear -- >> let me be as clear as i can be -- going to be a bright, son-shining day ♪ >> you were not so clear on who was who. >> first of all -- >> it is not lower, but you are saying 10. i completely understand. it is david today -- >> and then there was me -- >> i have not looked at the latest polling around the world, i do not know, garrett. no, garrett. >> when even fashion choices are scrutinized, including this one. pair ofeans, a sweet mom jeans -- nice mom jeans, obama. >> you will always have the audacity -- >> we should be addressing the country on such a serious matter and he looks like he is on his way to a party at the hamptons -- >> and scrutiny knows no borders. ♪ , assumethe broadcasters the microphone is always on. >> ♪ this is why i'm hot ♪ he seems like a jackass. >> [indiscernible] you have game, even when you don't. you have a way of shaking it

joining us at the solemn remembrance today. been each of the 400,000 markers here at arlington, we find a dignified memorial to the life dedicated to the noblest of callings: to protect our people, uphold humankind's highest values, and make a better world for our children. they say that security is like oxygen. if you have it, you don't think about it. if you don't have it, it is all you think about. the patriots remembered today across the country provided that security. and so today do the millions of service members, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guard meant, active-duty, guard, reserve provide that security. they are a long line of patriots that fought in lexington and concord, gettysburg and midway, and more recently falluja and helmut. on memorial day, we remember those who gave their lives and the noblest of callings. to our gold star families, you honor us with your presence. we know we lack the words to do justice to what you feel on this day. we can never fully know. but we do know what your sector -- sacrifice means to us, to this nation. for all, memorial day in a

that the -- the -- all of the databases that are available to us here and other countries, especially lpd airports, are going to be accessible to the cuban government when they do their assessment before... during that process? >> we will not take our eye off the ball on any of the lpd airports. in fact, the big advantage to the value add that tsa puts on these lpd traffic is we know who's coming our way. through secure flight we're vetting -- we have master crew lists; we have crew manifests; we have passenger manifests that we partner with with our colleagues from cbp. we have a very clear idea of who is coming our way, whether they're on any kind of watch list. so on top of the physical security that is undertaken at that last point of departure airport, we're -- at tsa and at cbp we're -- we have the advantage, again of having a very good idea of the identity and the person -- and the kind of person who's coming to -- to our country. >> has anyone on this panel been asked in their duties and responsibilities vis-a-vis opening up travel between the u.s. and cuba to cut any kind of

audience here today -- >> when aretha told us what r-e-s-p-c-t -- >> thank you, sioux cities -- sioux falls -- thank you sioux city. long.een in iowa too >> i just want to be clear -- >> i want to be absolutely clear -- >> let me be clear -- >> let me just be clear -- >> let me be as clear as i can be. >> ♪ it's going to be a bright, sun-shining day ♪ >> you were not so clear on who was who. >> first of all -- >> it is not -- but you are saying tim. >> i completely understand. >> it is david today -- >> and then there was me. >> i have not looked at the latest polling around the world, i do not know, garrett. no, garrett. >> when even fashion choices are scrutinized, including this one. >> critics some did up and two words, mom jeans, a sweet pair of mom jeans. nice mom jeans, obama. >> you will always have the audacity -- >> we should be addressing the country on such a serious matter and he looks like he is on his way to a party at the hamptons -- >> and scrutiny knows no borders. ♪ >> from the broadcasters, assume the microphone is always on. >> ♪ this is why i'm hot ♪ >>

, which is what brings us here tonight. there are times that we've had differences and that our institutional rules. industry of every president and his escort. shared the same goal, to route to our public discourse in truth and open the doors to democracy. we can to make our democracy and our world more free end of more just. and i have always appreciated the role you all have played as partners in reaching these goals. againress is why we once recognize the press covering the scandal and who brought some measure of justice to victims around the world. they are here tonight. matt, please give them a round of applause. [applause] pres. obama: our free is why once again we honor jason as carol noted. we spoke ofis year jason's courage as he endured the isolation of iranian prison. this year, we see that courage livingflesh and it is a testament to the very idea of the press and a reminder of level of danger faced by reporters overseas. this commitment that as long as i hold this office, my administration will continue to fight for the release of american journalist held against t

behind us here today, and the kinds of teachers that you see in classrooms in every state and every territory, and the district of columbia. i'm so proud of all of you for the high standards you set for your students, for your fellow teachers. thank you for making our nation stronger. and now, jahana, please join me to accept this award from america's educators -- the crystal apple -- as the national teacher of the year. [applause] president obama: so much everybody. [applause] >> we love you. [laughter] pres. obama: let's get a group photo. [laughter] pres. obama: everybody turned sideways. >> 1, 2, 3. [laughter and applause] pres. obama: thank you, guys. [crowd chattering] [applause] [crowd chattering] >> thank you, thank you. [crowd chattering] announcer on the next washington journal, a columnist talks about the role of religious conservatives in the upcoming presidential election. also, a look at women in politics with jennifer lawless from the women in politics university. sarah jane glynn talks about federal policy and working mothers. washington journal's life every day at 7

-- here is a woman that used the f bomb more than any other person i ever heard. she said, "he was obviously talking about my weight." give me a break. we are so politically correct now our country is dying from within. we have to get back to business. we have to rebuild our country. we have got to rebuild our infrastructure. remember this. almost $5 trillion spent in the middle east, and we don't have enough room to fix a road right outside that is in horrible shape. ok? we can't fix our highways, our tunnels. and we are going to get it going, folks. you are going to be so proud of your country once again. so here is the story. i came here, and i am leading in the polls. we are leading in almost every poll now. it is so great. i came here and said specifically -- we were in costa mesa. we had a tremendous rally. were you there? 31,000 people. nobody even showed it because there were a couple of thugs outside burning the american flag, holding other flags up in the air. they were burning and stomping on a car, a police car, stomping on it. by the way, did you see when he got off th

, first responders, we make a great team. as you can see, there are others that have joined us here today. . in my 33 years, mr. speaker, i have had the opportunity to work on patrol, to search for kids in that moment in time where you get a call so a shopping mall and a mother has turned their head or a father has let go of the hand of a child for a second and turned around and the child is gn and the panic in their eyes -- you can see the fear in their face, but a few minutes later they are found wandering in a toy shop or playing hide and seek. but they have the child back within minutes. but, mr. speaker, there are other families who aren't so ortunate that have had the honor of meeting or their chide has been missing for years. some are fortunate, enough, mr. speaker to get their child back. i have been at the other end -- i found a young man up in the mountains of alaska who had been taken by his father and whisked away in an old camper and hidden in the mountains of alaska. we found him safe and returned him to his mom. mr. speaker, i have also had the sad experience of finding a m

museum in washington, d.c., and here to welcome us is the former president of col gait university, award-winning author and political scientist, the president and c.e.o. of the useum, mr. jeffrey hearst. >> good morning. welcome to the night studio. it explains, promotes, defends the five freedoms of the first amendment and right of free exprecious. we do it through a building which welcomesle 800,000 people a year through 15 maw seems with -- to discuss important issues around our foundational freedoms and an educational program which reaches close to three million schoolchildren through digital outreach. in our building you will see the long history of struggles for freedom in the united states and how those struggles have depended on the rights of assembly, speech, press, expression, religion and petition. critical to our building has been the long struggling united states for civil rights. we tell the story of what has been accomplished and we also tell the story of what still needs to be done. in that regard, it has been our pleasure to partner with the national urban league and may

think what is impressive about this kind of model of journalism, it all too often escapes us here in d.c., reflecting as we should on the impact that the panama papers has had on letters sent by members of congress or senators to officials in nevada and wyoming. or perhaps a press conference that president obama gave. what we often miss here, that i think is equally important especially in light of the into corruption conference happening in london at the moment, what are the impacts of these kinds of stories? and what kind of investigator lives journalism, changing governments and lives in countries are far from america? we do not every day, unless you have obsessive subversion to new services like me, we do not ave access to sierra leone's president reporting on some of the west african colleagues dimon deals there. we do not receive regular updates into what changes are being made to botswana's nterest to public officials, based on reporting that our colleagues did. i find that one of the true benefits of this kind of global collaboration. it is a kind of benefit that i think is often

. something all of us have a concern here that there would in fact be no meaning to a general obligation bond holders which is full faith and credit. so for that reason this bill this law should require that those priorities be fully put in place and complied with rather than at the last minute through some shell game be moved about. just like we saw in the general motors situation where priorities were turned upside down against law. i yield back. >> mr. chairman i yield back. >> is there further discussion? >> look, i'm going to weigh in with one word. because, to be honest, i don't know what to do on this one. originally i said this was can you believe. i'm now being told we may have problems if it goes forward on the floor. so -- i don't know what i'm willing to do. i will be willing to work with you on this particular language. if it's not adopted i will be working with you on this particular language. i think i am going to have to vote now simply because i don't know what i'm doing. >> the gentleman from louisiana i would be happy to support this if you would be willing to add at the be

model knows how to show it off. that is what is happening here. commentator: not many of us in washington know how to do that. mr. heyman: they need to have a seminar. -- there is fox. mr. heyman: it looks like the fox crew. commentator: you are watching the red carpet arrivals for the white house correspondents dinner. up.ill try to set [chatter] commentator: you are watching live coverage of the arrivals for the white house correspondents dinner. there is samantha augustine from usta from show -- aug the today show. twitter followers have called me out. had someone comments on msnbc. an anchor who is now on cnn. mr. heyman: cameron hall was very close to prince. there was talk she may not come tonight, she was very upset by his death. [chatter] there is the senior adviser to the president. mr. heyman: there is gayle king. cbs thisg working for morning, but also a good friend of oprah winfrey. scanning this, i cannot find valerie jarrett. >> john kerry just walked in. yeah.esa heinz kerry, >> there's his daughter, his elder daughter behind him. she's a doctor. and the other da

for us. here, we have a sense this is bad for us. thepeople most hurt in united states are african-americans. they have -- they would have the jobs that are being competed away by illegals or by family preferences. so the american immigration system is crazy. just a confession of failure. it is based on something which does not make sense -- a family preference system. when people came over from the old country, the old sod back in -- now we have something like cell phones and cheap air for. it is easy to get back -- holland or ireland or wherever. the argument for family preference is not there. there is an argument for economic migrants. a countrye numbers, 1/10 the size of the united states takes in more economic migrants. 160 thousand in canada, 140,000 here. ais is not a way to run railroad. it is why it is such a political hot potato. that is just one example. host: what you think of the term "populism." not have a good feeling about populism, but i am beginning to think i am a populist. it is conflicting. it is a good way to construct your loss on how to make americans bette

our senator john thune and patrick leahy for hosting us here today. the caucus hosts events every few weeks on salient topics to the internet and policy and we invite you to come out for events coming out the rest of the summer. today we have several excellent panelists with us. we have m a from the center for democracy and technology on the free expression project. we have them from the department of justice countering extremism over there. wheels and shamus hughes, the

journalism, it all too often escapes us here in d.c., reflecting as we should on the impact that the panama papers has had on letters sent by members of congress or senators to officials in nevada and wyoming. or perhaps a press conference that president obama gave. that i often miss here, think is equally important especially in light of the into corruption conference happening in london at the moment, what are the impacts of these kinds of stories? and what kind of investigator lives journalism, changing governments and lives in countries are far from america? we do not every day, unless you have obsessive subversion to new services like me, we do not have access to sierra leone's president reporting on some of colleaguesrican dimon deals there. we do not receive regular updates into what changes are being made to botswana's interest to public officials, based on reporting that our colleagues did. i find that one of the true benefits of this kind of global collaboration. it is a kind of benefit that i think is often missing. of course, work that requires rather a lot of effort

proxy to justice kennedy's point. nor the excuse. that's how it was used here. the other evidence included statements by the members of the house and senate in the house of delegates redistricting at page 533 and 527. there really appears to have been a mantra there has to be 55%. senator bolden said that. the lowest d.o.j. will preclear is 55%. that's page 533. then the statement that the most important factor to him was obtaining preclearance. justice ginsburg: was there a basis to the legislature who said the department of justice won't accept it if we go below 55%? was this something he made up or does he have some basis? mr. rafael: the record has not showing where that number came from. it shows that this district was precleared previously at 53%. and at 50%. the senate, virginia senate districts were precleared at 50%. >> are there districts in other states or cases where it is 55% or 60%? justice kennedy: or is that high? mr. rafael: i don't know the answer. the record shows that d.o.j. precleared a district as low as 33%. that's page 205 of the joint appendix. in somethin

love gutafisk and letsfe. and heritageistory and the ties of family and friendship that bring us here together today. in the world, america's closest partners are democracies. and we only need to look at our nordic friends to see why. interests, andame we share the same values. citizens that our have the right to live in freedom and security. free from terrorism and in smaller nations are not bullied by larger nations. and lieve in free markets trade that support jobs and strong protections for workers in the environment and a strong safety net that provides a basic measure of security in life. we believe that we have a moral obligation to this and future confront the reality of climate change, and including our planet, our beautiful arctic. we believe in societies that all e opportunity for people, through education, healthcare, and equal opportunity. including for women. income, in a world of growing economic disparities, nordic countries have some of the least income inequality in the world. which may explain one of the reasons they're some of the happiest people in the world,

period. senator leahy, i'm glad you pointed out that we have some civics students seated behind us here today. i hope they are learning something. that wheree lesson we are in this moment in connection with this nomination is teaching them. these are matters that should be of critical importance to all of us on both sides of the aisle u. -- the aisle. the future really is at stake. these kinds of decisions issued on monday have real consequences. in brown v. board of education, you had decisions in one part of the that went one way, and in colleague, aformer chancellor of delaware at that time, the only judge who was affirmed by the united states supreme court in that case. imagine if the court said we are going to punt on this and hope that you will work together and figure it out. we one part of the country have people continuing to pursue one set of policies and another we have another. these matter. elections matter. the duly elected president of the united states has nominated a highly qualified person to a position of great importance. that matters. to this position. elections matter, d

been ambassador inate belgium. he has chosen, however, to join us. here, omarpleased, has been ambassador to france, canada, and most recently has been a close advisor to dr. abdullah. to his right,an, is another familiar face -- they all are -- here in washington. with the south asia program at the wilson center. panels.rganized so many and as you know from his own moderation -- moderating of panels, how well he is able to pakistanfghanistan and and south asia in general. finally, ali jalali. past, abeen, in the long past with afghanistan, which includes military service and was, really in the karzai -- ministeron, mr. of the interior but is currently a distinguished professor at the national defense university here in washington. player inery serious afghanistan. he is more than simply an observer. he is someone who participates actively in the affairs of afghanistan. i do not know that we could have aboutl, honestly, afghanistan today without having ali jalali join us. that, as an introduction, let me start. gentlemen, what makes this year different? posed byow being coming

member on the subcommittee here because that's how this bill came before us. mr. speaker, there has been a discussion of partisanship. the report hand from the nonpartisan research arm. the title of this report is congressional report, the house and senate negotiated bill. i agree with my friend from colorado. if he and i were able to write the bills, not just this one, we'd come up with some really great solutions, oftentimes different sluges from the ones that are presented on the floor. the reason no amendments are allowed is because we have been working on it for 40 years, because we couldn't agree. we already passed a bill in the house. they already passed a bill in the senate and they were different bills and we had to come together and agree on the same language. not all of my friends who would like to offer their great ideas at the 11th hour, there were times that they could have been offered and this is the final language. and we don't want amendments to the final language. i believe in an open process and in an amendment process. i'm proud that this is a closed rule on thi

notification, 19 states require restrictions on right-of-way use. here's important one. 122 local communities restrict pesticide use on public property , 3m property including private property. our campaign is for pesticide free zones. clearly --ked breast expressed clearly in an ordinance passed in montgomery county. an ordinance was passed that affects one million people, that takes away pesticide use on private and public land. that preemption occurred as a result of the industry going state-by-state to preempt local jurisdictions after the supreme court upheld the right of local jurisdictions to restrict us to science. now we are hearing about zika. >> pesticides are poison. that's why i think you should come to this take meeting at the riverside church. .amous scientists will be there andalph nader is our leader we are pleased to have in their us today. thank you. [applause] >> then there are pollinators. heard about the demise of these pollinator. our job is to bring issues like this into the forefront. it takes years. those stories did not just appear on the front pages of newspapers.

battle of gettysburg. he said, it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. many who have gone before us have done precisely that. they have been dedicated to the preserving and enhancing our nation and the liberties upon which it is built, in war and in peace. they have made sure that those who gave the last full measure did not do so in vain. because you all are graduates of hillsdale college, it is quite appropriate and quite convenient to reflect briefly on their understanding of what was to be preserved, what had to be earned. the founders in many successive generations believed in natural rights and that, as the declaration of independence makes clear, to establish a government by consent, they gave up o

caucus. we would like to think our senator john thune and patrick leahy for hosting us here today. the caucus hosts events every few weeks on salient topics to the internet and policy and we invite you to come out for events coming out the rest of the summer. today we have several excellent panelists with us. we have m a from the center for democracy and technology on the free expression project. we have them from the department of justice countering extremism over there. wheels and shamus hughes, the deputy director of the program on extremism at george washington university center and cyber homeland security. fellow at the internet law and policy foundry and was it fellow at the congressional internet caucus in the past. >> let's get started. i will give a brief overview of the issue and then we will jump right into it and get into the real issue here with extremist online, what role do platforms like twitter, facebook and google play in this and what is the right way to be approaching the issue of dealing with extremist content online and recruitment for terrorist groups abroad. see

the country, i urge my colleagues to join those of us here tonight as we work to eliminate the heroin epidemic facing this country. thank you. ms. clark: thank you, ms. stefa nick. i yield -- fs stefanik. and i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from ohio, ms. kaptur. ms. kaptur: i want to thank my colleague, congresswoman clark, for leading this effort, yielding me time, congressman guinta, and congresswoman ann kuster who worked tirelessly to move the heroin task force agenda forward. i applaud their persevering efforts and the effort to acknowledge the danger and devastation the opioid and heroin epidemic has caused across our great nation. this impacts every county in the ninth district of ohio, stretching across all of northern ohio. we've been impacted more heavily due to the major highway turnpike, i-8090 and easy transport networks that link to international smuggling access points. the largest of our district five county, chi hoe ga county, declared a public health emergency because of record rates of overdoses. the county lost a staggering 181 citizens in this firs

you have brought. congratulations, graduates, your families, and all of us who have come here to celebrate these wonderful, wonderful women. thank you. [applause] >> fbi director james comey delivered the commencement address to law graduates at the university of richmond. he told the graduating class to use good judgment and talked about his own interest in public service. director call me -- director comey previously served as a u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia which has jurisdiction over the city of richmond. [applause]

grandchildren in order for us to do so, those of us who are here today cannot shy away from the issues that we face. we must work together to overcome these issues. freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, these are basic values that are shared by the g7. global peace and today, the g7 has a major responsibility. the world faces many issues. there is clear determination to cooperate and address these issues that we have confirmed with our g7 friends and have loudd to the world here and clear. worldggest topic was the economy. with the decline in stock markets worldwide, in less than a year, more than 1500 trillion yen of assets have been lost. although some recovery has been made recently and there is relative stability, there is still a great deal of murkiness that is agitating global markets. the reason for that, the biggest thatcomes from the fact the emerging economies are starting to show a slowdown. in the 21st century, the global economy has been driven by the growth and vitality of these emerging markets. when the lehman others collapsed and triggered a glo

that kind introduction and for hosting us here today. i want to thank her for her outstanding leadership, every day in congress. i do not get the chance to visit capitol hill all that often but when the leaders invited to me, i was delighted to accept. like so many of you i am a big fan of our leader, nancy. she has been such an extraordinary leader and advocate on so many important issues including supporting those who serve our country and i'm so grateful to her for everything she has done. >> i also want to thank jill who has been an outstanding partner in joining forces for so many years. we could not have got so much done if it were not for our friendship and partnership. i also want to thank chairwoman mcmorris rodgers for her terrific work is been a tremendous partnership and of course, i want to recognize the brigadier general. the wonderful history of women in the military and veterans that happens to be her life. one of the most inspiring women i have ever met. every time i see her i tell her that i want to be just like her. generations of women in the military. ever

, us primitive people up here in congress that questioned the timeline, you knew at that time that that was a falsehood, right? you knew because you knew it started in 2012 and rouhani wasn't elected until june of 2013. knew that, right? mr. countryman: i do not believe it was a falsehood, and no. mr. perry: did you not know that. mr. countryman: there is no secret. there was nothing concealed here. at the time of the preliminary -- mr. perry: you knew the negotiations started in 2012, right? did you know that? mr. countryman: did i know the instant they began, no. mr. perry: around sometime mid 2012. maybe december 2012. sometime in 2012, right, you knew that, because you were providing material help, right? mr. countryman: i was providing an expert who gave advice. mr. perry: did you know or didn't you know? mr. countryman: did i know what, sir? mr. perry: when negotiations started generally speaking based on that? when did you provide the individuals that helped? mr. countryman: generally speaking i knew. mr. perry: so -- you also knew, i'm thinking, that rouhani wasn't elected

have been here long time. the conquestfter knelt down, e-mai he and wept. >> thanks for being with us. larry: a pleasure. announcer: filmmaker and thevist spike lee was commencement speaker at johns hopkins in baltimore. he urged graduates to be catalysts for change for the 99%. he also criticized presidential candidate donald trump. and pay tribute to the late singer prince, with his song "baltimore," that was released last year. this is about 10 minutes. [applause] mr. lee: hello. >> hello. mr. lee: that's weak. hello! >> hello! mr. lee: thank you. greetings to the johns hopkins university. i give thanks to president daniels, the board of trustees, faculty, administration, especially the graduating class of 2016. [applause] and again, we must acknowledge the people that made this all possible, the parents. [applause] as the great philosopher and poet mr. p.r. nelson once said, "dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get to this thing called life." [applause] but on this occasion, the graduation class in the year of our lord 2016, johns hopkins university, i've been blessed to

synthetic drugs? >> thank you for having us here. obviously, it is very difficult for us. we are so passionate about this subject. laws need to change now. but getting the public service announcement, which is now happening with the opiates and heroin epidemic, getting public service announcement out there and recognizing that these products are available and can inflict forum. getting the message out there to parents. they simply don't know. i have a book that is full of stories of people who have lost their children. either to death or mental illness. people simply don't know. this needs to be taught in classrooms. teachers need to know and nurses need to know and counselors need to know and the public needs to know at large. this needs to be done immediately. awareness, education, prevention. that iflike to mention you are under 18 years old and you become addicted to spice, where do they go? there is not a place for an addicted child to get treatment and this is a very serious issue needing to be discussed at another time. thank you. >> thank you, veronica. i appreciate you bein

for five minutes. ms. esty: thank you very much and i want to thank you all for joining us here today. as somebody who is a high school student, was in those metros when they were being built with my father was part of the construction team building them, i have particular interest in the legacy around how we maintain these systems. so a couple different questions. first, mr. wiedefeld, on the safety culture, who are you looking at, what organizations or what institutions do you think we should be looking at to have the safety culture that needs to be instinct? it needs to be instinct and i believe it needs to be from the top. there should be no substitute for that. mr. wiedefeld: i spent 10 years running b.w.i. airport. it is just part of who you are when you think about safety in an airport. and i'm trying to instill that. that same sort of philosophy. it is who you are when you work at the transit agency of the ms. esty: i would agree. i think checklist manifesto is something that's baked into every decision that you make. and to empower workers to see that as their responsibility

of raising awareness. >> thank you so much for having us here. obviously is very difficult. we are passionate about the subject. obviously needs to change now. getting a public service announcement now happening with the opiate and heroin epidemic, getting public service announcements out there, recognizing that these products are available and candy form, liquid form, getting that message out there, they simply do not know. full stories, full stories from people who lost their children out of to death or mental illness. people simply don't know. teachers need to know, nurses even out,now, counselors need to know. this is something that can be done immediately. awareness, education prevention. thirteen, 14, 15, in addition to spice, there is not a place that your child to get treatment plan this is a very serious issue. >> appreciate your testimony. i wonder if you might be able to address this. kaytoo was an issue not too long ago. hit theago. hit the stores. it was in the local gas station. got a call from one of my local police chiefs who told me that he was trying to get it off

same purpose and that is to protect the people who sent us here to represent them. i think them and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pascrell: i wanted to quickly say what is really happening out there is that seniors are being preyed upon, many seniors. when you hear a threatening phone call, you don't know what to think. and when you're up there in age, as some of us here, mr. kelly, you don't know what to expect and you don't know who to turn to. so this is very important what mr. renacci is putting forth. it has good bipartisan support and i hope we can move this very, very quickly and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. renacci: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. reed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. reed: i rise today to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, mr. pascrell, mr. kelly mr

masters in strategic studies. jeremy butler is joining us from new york area thanks for being here. guest: thank you. host: start by telling us what you hear from veterans. what is the number one challenge you hear veterans tell you they are facing? guest: if you don't mind i will give you more than one. we at iraq and afghanistan veterans of america we do a member survey. we try to survey them to get firsthand sponsors from them on just exactly responses to your questions. what are some of the primary issues they are dealing with? what we found in our seventh annual survey is that the top three issues they are noting our access to mental health care, housing and the third is employment. employment is probably the number one issue their dealing with today. ,hen they join the military more often than not the primary thing they're looking to do is serve a bigger purpose than themselves. when they come out of the military they are looking to continue to be able to do that just at a different point. they are not just looking for a job come other looking for a career. they're finding it

discerned. ,here is a disservice to us and deception. a weasel word is a deception to make people think you are a cobbler she something you're not accomplishing. the interpretation -- this is not a problem of interpretation. this is a problem with actually a negotiation failure that we have obviously reached an agreement with them, meaning the mullah regime that murders its own people will permit them to achieve their objective. this was not a good treaty to begin with. i appreciate your testimony. obviously i disagree with it. we go to mr. gerry connolly of virginia. connolly: ambassador mull, agreement address their support for hezbollah, right? mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: certainly it addressed the issue of money laundering. mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: syrian-assad support? mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: mahan air? mr. mull: no. any furthery: expression of death to america or death to israel? mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: what did the agreement address? mr. mull: the agreement address delimiting iran's capability to develop material to build a nuclear weapon. uniquennolly: that's a approa

full strength in the fall. i don't want us to have a fake unification process here. i want to make sure that we really, truly understand each other, and that we are committed to the conservative principles that make the republican party, that built this country, and again, i'm very encouraged. i heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee, and we exchanged differences of opinion on a number of things that, you know, everybody knows we have. there are policy disputes that we will have. there's no two ways about it. plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes. but on core principles, those are the things we discussed. craig? reporter: do you expect to endorse him? speaker ryan: yeah, i think this is going in a positive direction. i think this is the first very encouraging meeting. again, in 45 minutes you don't litigate all of the process and issues and principles that we are talking about. i didn't catch that. reporter: yeah, can you offer any assurances he would change or moderate his tone on the campaign? speaker ryan: i think it's important that

members of congress who are here with us today, as well as mr. perry. all of the trustees. of course all of the faculty and staff here at jackson state, let's take a moment to give it up to the people who helped you to hear. thank you all for your incredible hospitality. i would not be anywhere else but here. i may be a little jetlagged, but i'm here right now to celebrate all of you. so i'm grateful. both of theto thank choirs and the band for that beautiful music. you all are amazing. before we go way in, we have to give it up to all the folks in the stands to help you all get here. but moms, dads, brothers, sisters, grandparents, cou sins, friends, neighbors. all of you. give it up. [applause] wantinally, most of all, i us to join in congratulating -- what a good-looking group, the men and women of jackson state university class of 2016. [applause] you all deserve all of that and more, because i know how hard you work to make it to the day studying late into the night. writing and rewriting those papers. taking all those exams. oh my lord. but i also heard that you happen to be ab

? oftentimes coming here one of the main barriers is reluctance of communities to use treated wastewater for those purposes. there was an image problem with the use of wastewater. i might have to say the phrase. the phrase that peter does not want me to say, but i have to tap."s "toilet to that is the way wastewater was branded for so long. the industry has moved away from that, as the panel here shows. people are coming around to it. it comes back to having a utility that is able to talk about this stuff with their customers, and having a presence in the community, so people in san diego have come around to the idea of water reuse after four years. it is on the utility. a lot of utilities are starting to do better with their .ommunications having mascots, water drops, big out tohings that go community events and talk with the kids. it is being honest about what is happening, and people will come around. mr. freedman: more education and outreach. peter, did you want to comment? it is time to stop calling them wastewater treatment plants, it is time to start calling them water recovery plants

what it may suggest to you about the current state of campaign 2016. here's how you can let us know today. democrats, call (202) 748-8000, republicans, call (202) 748-8001 . independents, call (202) 748-8002. you can also reach us on twitter, posting your thoughts --@cspanwj. we are also on facebook. these about the full details, but some of the results that came out from the survey which wall street on the journal website. it says for those expressing residential preference -- presidential preference, here's what it shows. hillary clinton with a 46% advantage over donald trump. with a 43% advantage. if you change that up and make it a contest between senator bernie sanders and donald trump, senator sanders is winning by 54%. over donald trump's 39%. the publicks about image of candidates with senator sanders leading with a positive feeling expressed. hillary clinton showing -20, donald trump showing -29. that's the "wall street journal," survey that came out today. "washington post," from yesterday, this is an common nation with nbc news, also talked about if potential candidates a

american public wants to tell us what they think. so they said this is our proposal, and here are a couple of paragraphs. it will be terrible for america, but let us know what you think anyway. that is not an open and fair debate. mignon clyburn: it allows the opportunity for people to weigh in. isuess what i am saying here you have, if you do not agree with the original premise, you have an opportunity to weigh in. i think it is a healthy way. if you go around the world and see the regulatory dynamics, new, even when it is less-than-perfect here, you will find out or get affirmed that and allows consumers interested stakeholders, including all of you in this audience the opportunity to weigh in. we have an opportunity to use that. i think that allows that type of process, and that type of interaction. it is healthy. we all need to bring our best cased forward, i believe, including regulators in order to make the consumer experience more robust. i think it is a healthy way of doing this. jessica rosenworcel: first of all, my mind is open. i do not want my colleagues to suggest that

. thank you mayor! but mostly i want to thank all of you for being here with us on this rainy afternoon. we are excited about the primary next tuesday. [applause] mrs. clinton: you know, these elections are always important. that is how we govern ourselves. i believe that. but boy do i think this presidential election has about the highest stakes we have seen in a really long time. you could not imagine a more different vision for our country between our side of democrats for progress, for prosperity, for fairness and opportunity then the presumptive nominee on the republican side and -- [booing] mrs. clinton: that is why it is important we have a big boat on next tuesday because we have to go all the way to november to win the general election! you know, the way i see this, we have got to break down all of the barriers that stand in the way of any american getting ahead and staying ahead and i have been talking about this now for about a year as i have crisscrossed the country talking to thousands of people. because yes, we have to knock down the economic barriers but there are other b

the year and then see what you find and give it back to us. i will get back here to make people's life responsible and accountable but we need accountability out of you too. it can't be window dressing. it has to be real. some of the people say we don't give them enough money to wmata. r. wiedefeld, 60% of capital funds come from the federal government. it's one of the highest in the nation. the closest is the chairman's operation septic gets 39% of its money, philadelphia operations. that's correct, about that percentage, right, mr. wiedefeld? in our march 18 hearing, we got to have money. we got to have money. we had $783 million the week before in federal funds sitting at wmata. checked it. do you have -- and the year before we had $485 million in 2015 sitting there, not used by wmata. some of that money has constraints on it, sir. is there anything that needs to be changed so that that money can be used to make the improvements for safety that are necessary? do you have enough flexibility in that? i need to know that because we're doing appropriations. mr. wiedefeld: yes, we h