. i am skeptical of international unions that tie us up and bring america down. and will never enter -- [applause] and under my administration we will never enter america into any agreement that reduces our ility to control our own affairs. [applause] nafta, as an example, has been a total disaster for the united states and has emptied our states -- literally emptied our states of our manufacturing and our jobs. and i have just got to see it. i've toured pennsylvania, new york, so many of the states. they have been cleaned out. their manufacturing is gone. never again. ly -- i have to say this strongly. never again. only the reverse will happen. we will keep our jobs and bring in new ones. there will be consequences for the companies that leave the united states only to exploit it later. they fire the people, take advantage of the united states, there will be consequences for those companies. never again. under a trump administration, no american citizens will ever again feel that their needs comb second to the citizens of a foreign country. i will view as president the world through

foreign policy goals. since the end of the cold war and the breakup of the soviet union, we've lacked a coherent foreign policy. one day, we're bombing libya and getting rid of a dictator to foster democracy for civilians. the next day, we're watching the same civilians suffer while that country falls and absolutely falls apart. lives lost, massive moneys lost. the world is a different place. we're a humanitarian nation, but the legacy of the obama-clinton interventions will be weakness, confusion and disarray, a mess. we've made the middle east more unstable and chaotic than ever before. we left christians subject to intense persecution and even genocide. [applause] mr. trump: we have done nothing to help the christians, nothing, and we should always be ashamed for that, for that lack of action. our actions in iraq, libya, and syria have helped unleash isis. and we're in a war against radical islam, but president obama won't even name the enemy, and unless you name the enemy, you will never ever solve the problem. [applause] mr. trump: hillary clinton also refuses to say the words ra

europeans have wanted the european union not nato to address the refugee situation. sen. gillibrand: secretary carter, thank you for being here and for all of your hard work. last week, and at the sick is a group -- an advocacy group detailed inaccurate information was provided to this committee during a hearing in 2013 and follow-up letters about sexual assault cases and civilian prosecutors refusing to prosecute. the chain of command insisted they be tried as opposed to simply approved. a follow-ony in-depth investigation by the ap alleged that the 93 cases the department highlighted to prove the toughness of commanders were inaccurately described. i'm very troubled by these , specifically the military provided misleading information to congress with the intent of defeating legislation that i and others introduced. these reports suggest an effort by the military to undermine its committee and congress's responsibility to do oversight and determine policies. if you look at this, the testimony given was quoted verbatim by several senators. when you give testimony, senators listen to

. >> i'm glad some of the union folks came. when i wrote the bill i made certain that the tsa and tso have the ability to belong to a union. i strongly believe in that right of every american worker. i don't think anyone should be forced to join a union. provision, theo five privates greening under -- private screening under federal observation. it's not a question of union representation, and i don't think people should fear public versus private, even the tsa folks. involve some competition and i heard you all speak to that. again we need to protect that right. some can get fired because that is the way we set up. it sounds like some of the wrong people are getting removed. and in the private screening they increase the compensation to retain better people and be more flexible in scheduling. that is one reason i favor that model under federal supervision. i cited a history of what has been going on with the delays. said there was no plan b and that we expect a meltdown the summer. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> if i can say something with that, federal security directors are worki

that she created the american civil liberty unions to end mass incarceration. last but not least, we have peter orsack. a former director of the white house office of management and budget. he's also a member of the brennen center economic advisory board. an extreme mix of people. i want to start by asking a question. then we'll have a free throwing discussion. the first question goes to douglas. this whole thing we stressed about the costs and benefits analysis of criminal justice system and does the topic -- why should we be thinking about costs and benefits and politics instead of what's just and unjust. what's the benefit of that approach? >> let me first say thank you to the white house for this event and the council of economic advisers for a tremendous report. to the brennen center for sponsoring this event and putting up with me. i'm grateful for all of those. i'm especially thankful that the advisers put out a report in the cost benefit framework. for those of you who are not afraid. you think they were been born without souls or had them surgically removed. that's not a

. in the state of the union, the president began by talking about his economic strategy and talked about the three parts of his economic strategy. the first focused on expanding education and training. the second talked about improving public programs to help people find jobs, help people move from job to job with things like wage insurance and reformed unemployment insurance. and the third part of the strategy he outlined in the state of the union was to make sure that the economy was operating on a set of rules of the road. rules of the road that worked for consumers, worked for small businesses and worked for workers. rather than being set up for the large companies. this last week, we took an important step to flesh out that third part of the economic agenda, as outlined in the state of the union. when the president issued an executive order instructing all the agencies to go and look at what they could do to inject more competition into the economy. together with that order, the president weighed in on a proceeding at the fcc and asked the fcc to open up set-top boxes. somethi

working in the mines and factories, working people came together to form trade unions so they could have some dignity on the job. [cheers and applause] happens when people come together. a hundred years ago, in this country, and the kids don't know this, women did not have the right to vote, did not have the right to get the education or the jobs they wanted less than 100 years ago. [boos] but what happened? women stood up. [cheers and applause] back and with their male allies they said in america women will not be second-class citizens. [cheers and applause] hundreds of years ago the abomination of slavery, african americans and their allies had a different vision for america. some of them went to jail, some of them died, some were beaten. they said that in america, we will end racism, segregation. [cheers and applause] if we were here in this room 10 time ato, which is no all from a historical perspective and someone jobs up and says you know, bernie, i think by the year 2015, gay marriage will be legal in 50 states in this country. [cheers and applause] the person next to him would ha

economic institutions is at an all-time high. i mean, the very cohesion of the european union is in doubt. but actually the interesting thing is that we're having this conversation in the sense that i can remember some of your predecessors who would be making a speech essentially saying that the institutions have allowed themselves to become, you know, irrelevant bordering on archaic and really they need to be either scrapped or radically changed and i would be asking the questions, but there's a lesson of value in it and you took the opposite position wholeheartedly supporting them and i'm, therefore, in the position of prodding you to defend that position. so i think there is an interesting flip in some sense. >> but i can point to just two things in this last year that kind of partially answer alice's question but address yours. we made enormous progress in the g-20 this year on base erosion and profit shifting. that's closing the tax loopholes that allow, you know, the legal shifting of money to low or no-tax environments. we've seen just in this last week the outrage of people

it is the trade deal that is being negotiated between the united states and the european union. we haven't gotten it done yet. the truth is that theunited states and europe already have enormous amounts of trade . but there are still barriers that exist that prevent businesses and individuals that are providing services to each other to be able to do so seamlessly and if we are able to get this deal done, it's estimated that it will create millions of jobs and billions of dollars of benefits on both sides of the atlantic but getting trade deals done is tough. because each country has its own parochial interests and factions and in order to get a tradedeal done , each country has to give something up so it's a time-consuming process and people right now are especially suspicious of trade deals because trade deals feel as if they are accelerating some of these globalizing trends that have weakened labor unions and allow the four jobs to be shipped to low-wage countries and some of the criticism in the past of trade deals are legitimate. sometimes they have served the interests of lar

civil liberties union campaign to end mass incarceration. last but not least, we have peter or, about to be vice-chairman, and former chair of the white house office of management budget. he is also a member of the brennan center economic advisory board. and extort a mix of economic rigor, political savvy -- an extra in a mix of economic river, political savvy, and bipartisan credentials. we are going to try to have more of a free-flowing discussion. the first question goes to douglas holtz eakin. this whole thing that we have stressed about the costs and benefits of the criminal justice system. this is a topic you have written about with chairman furman. hink about cost and benefits instead of what is just and unjust? what is the benefits of this approach? douglas holtz eakin: thank you to the white house for this report and for the brennan center for putting up with me. i'm grateful for all of those. i am especially thankful that the council of economic advisers put out a report in the cost-benefit framework. for those of you who are not economists and are afraid because you

want to talk to all the truck drivers, all the lumbers and mechanics, all the steelworkers and union members, all the men and women with hands, who haver seen wages stagnating year after year. living keeps going up. yet somehow, your pay check doesn't seem to keep pace. all the young to people who are coming out of school with student loans up to eyeballs. it's scary. job? get a what's my future hold? the main stream media tries to tell us this is the new normal. this is as good as it gets. well, as the people of pennsylvania know, that is an utter lie. cheering and applause] you know, it's easy to talk about making america great again. you could even print that on a baseball cap. [laughter] ted cruz: but the real question is, do you understand the principles and values that made merica great in the first place? . [applause] ted cruz: the heart of our economy isn't washington d.c. the heart of our economy is small businesses all across the united states of america. [cheering and applause] and if you want to unleash the conomy, you lift the boot off the back of the neck to small busin

talked upcoming referendum on britain's membership in the european union. president obama wrote an opinion piece in the telegraph arguing for britain to stay in the eu is present is one hour. prime minister cameron: good afternoon and welcome. it is great to welcome president obama on his fifth visit to the united kingdom. barack has been president for more than seven years. i have been prime minister for nearly six years. and our two countries have been working together through some of the most difficult and troubled global times. we faced the aftermath of the banking crisis, the need to revive growth and create jobs in our economies, new threats to our security from russia in the east to the rise of islamic terrorism in the south. and, of course, huge global challenges like ebola and climate change. through it all, the strong and essential partnership between our nations has never been more important. when 70 years ago last month winston churchill first described the special relationship, it was not merely an enduring expression of friendship. it was a way of working together. it

. we have to be focused on protecting workers' rights and the right to organize and bargain in a union. now, why is that? because the american labor movement happened to create -- helped to create the american middle class. i was meeting with some carpenters and steam fitters and electricians in pittsburgh earlier today, and they were telling me about the kind of pressure that they're under by forces in the republican party and others who are their allies to really erode the right to bargain, and i will tell you this, you do not have to be a member of a union to want their to be unions doing that because that raises the base for everybody. [cheers and applause] and i'll tell you something else i will take on. i will take on the fight for common sense gun safety measures. [cheers and applause] and i want to be really clear about this, base learn how to shoot a gun behind our cottage. and i know how important gun ownership and particularly hunting, is here in northeastern pennsylvania, and i want you to know that we can't ignore the second amendment and we can't ignore the 33,000 people

constituents. >> in 2010, a citizens united january allow union special interests and corporations to spend unlimited sums of money on candidates. the court of claims these do not give rise to corruption. or the appearance of corruption, because they're not being spent in court nation with the campaign. while it is illegal for candidates to donate directly, they were able to donate unlimited sums of money to super pac's, which then use the money for political advertising. one possible solution and term -- for term limits is not a new concept. go all of the way back to the ancient greeks. some of the first supporters of limited terms. according to aristotle, it was a long-term that was the cause of establishment tyranny. fast-forward to the framers of the constitution, thomas jefferson urged the limitation of tenure to prevent a danger that might arise to american freedom from remaining too long in office. while the term limits were not implemented into the constitution, most representatives at that time limited their own terms. >> in the first century of government, under the const

. >> thank you. our next witness is dr. edwin limon who is the senior scientists union of concerned scientists, global security program. welcome. >> thank you. chairman captaino ranking member carper and other distinguished members of the subcommittee. my name is edwin limon i am a senior scientists. on behalf of my organization, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on this very important subject that is nuclear energy innovation and the critical role of effective regulation to ensure nuclear safety and security. opposed ther pro nor to nuclear power. our position on nuclear power is not ideological but pragmatic. we do believe nuclear power could have a role to play in helping to mitigate the threat of climate change but this really can only happen if nuclear power is sufficiently safe and security. that means if it is to grow there must be a corresponding increase in safety and security otherwise the risks to public health and the environment will increase. and nuclear power could take itself out of the running if there is another event like the march

of syria. and they're being used to destabilize the european union. and we have heard those comments from general breedlove as well. i admire him. i think he's on to something there. i am concerned that turkey could do more to help stop the flow of refugees to europe. and as you know over the past couple of years, it's been pretty easy for terrorists to negotiate, they have lines of communication through turkey, who is a nato partner, and to plan and conduct attacks in europe, as well as in iraq and syria. so, i'd like your take on if you think turkey is doing enough to stem that flow and cut those lines of communication, to refugees and terrorists and to europe, and can turkey do more and if so, what do you believe they should be doing? mr. scaparrotti: senator, turkey, as you stated, is an important ally. a nato member that sits on the southeastern flank really, i think, at the nexus of the challenges you talked about. you have an aggressive russia, they've encountered the escalation personally. counterterrorism, the isil threat, syria, and the refugee challenge that you talked abo

unions to cash their checks, to pay their bills, to borrow money. but for millions more, traditional banking is essentially closed off. for some the problem is $100 minimum balance to open a checking account and that's not easy to get an ease -- and easy to maintain. for others, access gets harder because there's simply fewer banks nearby. data show that big banks are closing branches in communities with median incomes below $50,000 at the same time that they are opening branches in communities with median incomes above $100,000. without access to mainstream banks, millions of families turn to check cashers, payday lenders, title loan outfits, and the costs can be crushing. the average family that relies on alternative financial ervices spends an average of $2,412 a year, about 10% of their income, just on fees and interest in the financial services system. think about that. just to put that in context, the typical family spends about 10% of its income on food. so these are families who are spending as much on just access to pay your bills and cash your checks and get a small dollar

treated as human beings with respect and dignity. we will form unions and engage in collective bargaining. [applause] and millions of workers came forward, and in doing so, help create the american middle class. [applause] and hundreds of years ago when slavery was rampant in this country, african-americans and their allies said, we would not accept this abomination. we will not accept segregation. we would not accept racism. we will not accept bigotry. and millions of people came together and said, in america racism will not be part of what this country is about. [cheers and applaus one hundred years ago, 100 years ago which from an historical perspective is no time at all, 100 years ago women in america did not have the right to vote, to get the education they wanted, or do the work they wanted 100 years ago. but women stood up. women fought back. women went to jail. women went on hunger strikes. [cheers and applause] and women and their male allies said that in america, women will not be second-class citizens. [cheers and applause] if we were here 100 years ago -- 10 years a

. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2666 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to prohibit the federal communications commission from regulating rates charged for broadband internet access service. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo, each will control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. walden: mr. chairman, i rise in support of h.r. 2666. this is the no rate regulation of broadband internet access act. from the first indication of the federal communications commission intended to reclassify broadband internet access service as a title 2 service, subject to utility, imagine that, utility regulation, the subcommittee on communications and technology has made it a priority to ensur

invented, as we know now -- i never knew this before -- was invented in the soviet union, in latvia. the person who invented this substance never considered it as doping. it's widely used in medicine and health care. and when they listed it, they id not know how much time it takes to -- how long it stays in our blood. and they made some corrections just a few days ago, maybe yesterday. and the decision they made earlier, i don't think it was political, even though meldonium was only used by athletes in eastern europe, the former soviet republicings -- splubs and eastern europe because -- republics and eastern europe because that's where it was invented, where it was manufactured. and it was never considered to be a banned substance. and actually, they agreed with us by correcting their position. as far as i know, this antidoping agency is currently looking at the possibility of staging clinical trials to see how much time it takes, how long meldonium stays in your blood. and it may be different with different people. so based on that, they will make -- draw conclusions for specific

allow for the formation of independent trade unions for the first time, a potential significant advance for freedom of association for workers. we have welcomed the release in the past month of a number of political prisoners and we hope for more. we believe that expanding freedom of expression and political participation will do much to strength in that country and our relationship. s spellan rights report out our concerns on every continent, but the most widespread and dramatic violations in 2015 for those in the middle east. where the confluence of terrorism and the syrian conflict caused enormous suffering. crisisdiscussed in this in this region repeatedly in recent weeks. i am just going to highlight a few points right now. first, the united states wants those responsible for committing human rights abuses in syria, iraq, and elsewhere to be held accountable for their actions. to that end, we are supporting international efforts to investigate, collect, analyze, and preserve evidence of atrocities. cannd, we are doing all we to aid the victims of human rights abuses, includ

today. for this democratic european parliament who want to either leave the european union or effectively destroy the european uni union. how will you deal with that trend? the answer means 2/3 are not, therefore will continue in the same direction. they're not seeing these trends in unemployment and social stability and ethnic tensions. the rise of extreme parties across europe and the leaders of the european union are behaving as if nothing is happening. >> the foreign secretary said none of the allies, not austral australia, not new zealand, not canada, not the u.s. >> we are here to do what is in british national interest. >> no american politician would ever tolerate. >> so while all our friends run the world entitled to their view, but when it comes to some of this, particular with the united states, when they've got a border with new mexico and the ultimate authority for federal law, maybe question can take more note off of them. >> thank you. your partner in crime, so to speak, sir malcolm talked a great deal. >> we talked about world war i and ii and this collective r

testified to talk about the cost and benefits of the uk's membership in the european union. the uk votes on whether to remain in the union on june 23rd. from london, this is two hours. >> so the final evidence taking special note, the role in the world for the united kingdom. so identify for the record. >> thank you very much. let me explain how we're going to do this. i advise each of you to make an opening statement of no more than 500 words. and then i'm going to advise each of my colleagues in turn to put questions to you and give each of my colleagues ten minutes in which to do so. and then at the end, i may invite you to make very brief remarks to comments on things you may have heard in the session. so if we can go ahead and begin, i can invite you to open the batting. >> thank you very much. could i begin by congratulating the committee on the nature of this meeting today. i think it's probably the first time the conservatives has created a joint platform here. we're all speaking in our personal capacities. perhaps i should say where i'm personally coming from. historically, i have

, at the beginning of president obama's administration when he gave the state of the union address, he said we're going to hold colleges and universities account accountable and hold states accountable. the college scorecard is about holding colleges and universities more accountable. what hasn't happened is the state part of it. that is part of senator clinton's plan is the state-federal partnership which we had the opportunity to work with them on. the interesting part about the accountability issue is marco rubio said something very interesting. he said when he was running that our accrediting bodies are like a cartel. we're the only oecd country in the world that allows private accrediting bodies to dictate where $140 billion, they don't get the eotc part, but $140 billion in student aid goes. you can't think of an institution that has not been, that hasn't been reaccredited or accredited. everybody gets accredited. everybody has access to public money. that is why we can't control it. we tried to address the is spree issue in early the 0's when bill clinton and secretary long had

not surprising that i think we have virtual polar opposite view, i think that the european union is feeling. i think that we should not be shoring up the institution that we have at the present time but are contributing. i look across europe and i see a generation of young people may be unemployed not least, exceed expenses far wider than the others with the failure to participate from the mass migration. i think if the european unit is to succeed there needs to be very fundamental reform. i think there's a major shock. i think a british exit might just provide a level of shock it requires. this cooperation, course we need to cooperate. we've always cooperated. the idea where we would leave the european union with the united security council and we still have the world bank, we still have members of the g20, the world's biggest offense, and were hardly going to be thrust into darkness our ability to cooperate is huge. the point a make initially is a sticking point. i cannot cannot accept a supranational authority. i can accept supremacy of the project. i'm very happy to cooperate wi

. >> on june 23 citizens will vote on a referendum proposing the united kingdom leave the european union. former ministers of foreign affairs and defense talked about leaving the eu would affect the national budget, economy and military alliances. this is two hours. .. >> reporter: the final evidence taking session will go to the witnesses now but first identify yourself for the record. >> i'm a member of the british your campaign. >> a member of parliament. >> thank you very much. let me explain how we're going to stretch of this. i invite each of you to make an opening statement no more than 500 words. then we will put questions to each of you and give ten minutes into which to do so. then at the end i may invite you to make very brief remarks and comments on things you may have heard in the session. so we can begin so we can invite you. >> thank you very much chairman. i would begin by congratulating the committee on the nature of the meeting. i think it is probably the first time the s&p and conservatives have joined platforms in support of this particular campaign. if it's successfu

police unions and the police chiefs organizations were strongly lobbying on these, and instead of them being tools of transparency and accountability, they were changing the language in the bills so that they would be exempt from public records laws. i had to call 50 police departments multiple times in order to get the data for the analysis on what was really going on with release. i had to analyze over 200 bills. i had the help of julie tate who called 20 departments because i thought a was going to drown, but otherwise, i did that all on my own. the post had a lot of resources on it, but at the end of the day it was one of five investigative stories i did last year. it is the kind of thing most investigative reporters would have spent a year on and that was just one of my five stories. so basically at 6:00 a.m. when my boyfriend would wake up, he would see me staring at the computer and say, are you already at it? thankfully he likes to watch sports on the weekend. when he was watching sports, i was working. i worked all year long last year. it was worth it, but the lack of the

britain's largest companies, and indeed even some trade unions could even a quick look shows that the bbc, the mirror group, " guardian" newspapers, and to random, havere let these sorts of overseas investments. example, iurther have a portfolio of over 50 million of investment in the trade union unitrust with 3% of their net assets based in jersey. this is not to criticize what they do. it is to make a point that this is an entirely standard practice , and it is not to avoid tax. mr. speaker, one of the countries leading tax lawyers has stated unequivocally that , "a was, and i quote perfectly normal type of collected investment fund." this is the man who led the expert study group that developed the general anti-abuse rules so much debated and demanded in this house which parliament finally enacted in 2013. he also chairs the 1997 examination of tax avoidance of .hy the text review committee he has said that it would be, and i quote, "it wrong to describe the astonishment of such funds as tax avoidance," and further, that it would "be utterly ludicrous to suggest establishing or

than ideology of global governance in the european union. do-gooder's utopia, a mushy, feel-good utopia. in essence, it is similar in the sense that it seeks to improve the world and change human beings in a way that cannot be done via a political project. temptation,litarian i don't say new to tell terry and his him -- new totalitarianism. eva: i'm a polish diplomat. i just came here because tomorrow, i will be lecturing about diplomacy at the institute of world politics. it is very difficult to discuss -- iook -- i did not read would like to ask two questions. although i could be considered a leftist -- it is difficult for me to agree with mr. gardner in saying great betain without the eu would our strongest ally. what about the u.n.? .he u.n. is weak, too nobody seems concerned about the u.n. in my opinion, it is better to have something which is weak but trying to do something. otherwise, what would be next? there's a big discussion about being in the eu, not being in immigrants flow of -- we did not want to accept the immigrants because after our elections in poland, the pie

hope it will be different? i mean, after the breakup of the soviet union, we have the dream, now it can be a democratic country. nothing changed. do we really have any arguments to believe that conflict can be changed so drastically, so there will be no, like, imperial style of internal policy? it will be respect for human freedom of media and respect for human rights? and belief in that. and how long will it take? particularly the united states and other countries, every effort so far we have tried to put there have failed. thank you. >> okay. the microphone is here. you know what, i -- i've got at least three friends who are now in their 50s. one is in his 80s. another one is in his 50s. another one is his late 40s. they all used to be alcoholics for most of their lives. >> russia? >> yeah. no, no, one is american. anyway, i don't think it really matters. the one who's in his 80s now, by the way. and this guy who is in his 80s, he quit drinking when he was 45 so he's lived for like 35 years at least ever since, sober, absolutely clean. but when he was quitting drinking, everybody

infrastructure in the state of the former soviet union. and there were many other accomplishments. resultedtion program in the d activation of 7500 and warheads and the discretion of more than 500 of icbm's. senator lugar was instrumental in gaining approval of the last nuclear weapons treaty with russia. the so-called new start treaty of 2010, which reduced the number of deployable strategic professor --ns to hecker is the senior fellow of stanford university's center for international security and cooperation. 19 97, heuntil directed the loss elements national laboratory, which i have that chief mission of ensuring the safety and reliability of the american nuclear arsenal. withssor hecker has worked russian nuclear laboratories to secure the stockpile of nuclear materials that russia inherited from the soviet union. he has written a book on the history of cooperation. "the history of cooperation of russian and american laboratories from the fall of the soviet union." his research deals with the problem of reducing the risks of nuclear terrorism worldwide and that challenge of n

bankers association, the national association of federal credit unions, the national -- the credit union national association, american financial services association, the electronic transactions association, the chamber of commerce of the united states, the national automobiles dealers association, mortgage bankers association and an article published in the american banker and finally an article from the new york post regarding highly, allies of financial expenses with bureau. mr. cordray: i would glad to be have access to those so we could consider them for improving our work. senator shelby: we will share it with you. we want you to share with us too. mr. cordray: going back to the credit card so-called data. at the time a tsunami hit the beach. a financial crisis that somebody post garden hose might have been pouring water on the beach at the same time is hardly relevant. senator shelby: thank you for your appearance before the committee. mr. cordray: thank you. >> house speaker paul ryan is leading a delegation to the middle east with visits to israel, saudi arabia, and jordan . a

brussels for the european union, for europe as a whole. not only are they facing very severe counterterrorism threats, but as the above note there under the weight of the migration crisis. they are facing a resurgent russia that is actively trying to destabilize the continent. they have weak economies. they have the potential exit of one of their largest members. so i believe it is in america's interest to help fortify the european project. we are not a member of the european union. we cannot do everything for them. it is in our interest to support the european project that in many ways is an america project. we help provide the foundation on which they built the european union. rather than pulling away, we have to invest in this relationship into what we can to help them with these very real security challenges. >> thank you, ms. smith. mr. daveed gartenstein-ross. >> since you raised the issue of nuclear security, i will start there. one area wish to go to in general is wearing our security apparatus are the obvious vulnerabilities? at least you with respect to nuclear secu

, and with the european union border agency and this information is useful for, for instance, the turkish coast guard when they are then turning back and intercepting the traffic of the smugglers and the illegal networks. so i think nato plays a useful role helping the local coast guards, authorities. nato is not in the business of turning back boats with refugees and mige rants. our role is to help assist facilitate. add to that that programs the most important thing nato is doing in the area is to create a frame work, a platform for cooperation between turkey and greece. turkey not being a member of the european union but both being a member of nato. so nato is an ideal platform for providing the necessary cooperation between turkey greece and the european union. >> there was something about raush at the beginning of that question. russia was about -- what did especially as when they were bombing alepo was of course to increase the numb of people fleeing syria. and increasing the pressure on turkey and on europe. i'm very glad -- i welcome very ch that some weeks ago the united

former soviet union. and among many other accomplishments this cooperative threat reduction program resulted in the deactivation of 7500 nuclear warheads. the warheads. the destruction of more than 500 icv ends. a close to 500 submarine launched ballistic missiles. he was also a instrumental in getting approval of the less likely weapons treaty signed by russia, the so fall stark treaty of 20,102,010 which reduce significantly the number of deployable strategic nuclear weapons. professor is a research professor of management science and engineering at stanford university. he senior fellow at the institute for international studies in the center for international security and cooperation at stanford university. by training he is a nuclear scientist. from 1986 until 1997 until 1997 he directed the los alamos national laboratory which have the chief mission of ensuring the safety and reliability of the american nuclear arsenal. in recent news professor hecker has worked with russian nuclear laboratories to secure the enormous stockpile of the are materials that russian had inherited fr

voting rights, which are under attack by states across our union. [cheers and applause] and i will do everything i can to either reverse or pass a constitutional amendment to absolutely end citizens united and its corruption on our political system. [cheers and applause] know, a lot ofu people say they are against it. i take this personally. it was about me. many, many,f the many attacks the right wing has waged against me by this group, citizens united. know, oncere, you again, making stuff up about me, running pretended documentaries about me. they could not do it. they appealed to the supreme court. the supreme court said, oh yes of course, speech equals money. the more money you have the more speech you have. somehow, i don't think that was part of the logic of the first amendment. i think this is truly one of the worst decisions at her. in our history. -- ever. in our history. [applause] harde also going to work on a range of issues the republicans are also against. i do not believe we should privatize social security. we ought to extend the life of the social security trust fund

community. i will defend voting rights which are under attack by states across our union. and i will do everything i can to either reverse or pass a constitutional amendment to absolutely end citizens united and its corruption on our political system. you know, a lot of people say they're against it. i take it really personal. it was about me. it was one of the many, many, many, many attacks that the right wing has waged against me. by this group, citizens united. and they were, you know, once again making stuff up about me and running, i do not believe we should privatize social security. we should fix the problems with the veterans administration. not privatize it. we should keep working for comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. and we should bring the country together to stand up to the gun lobby to get common sense gun safety reforms. so we have a big agenda and it's important when we imagine that future we want for you to think, okay, who can deliver? you know? there was something called brk there was something called hillary care, right? i have been in the t

offense and europe after 911. i would push to help the european union, put together a counter terrorism task force. not a committee, not hing. >> looking what i the ace break thrifts. there's three or four times that are helping sup part or someone in that network. help other thing we can out that europe can help them. pushing to them and helping them. and the last part i would say better rickets assessment for travel warnings. we tend to issue travel warnings after an attack happens. hey're in these european countries, thank you for having me. >> thanks, mr. ross, i want to stewart you. because you mentioned the key point here is most of the testify you faulked about going o offense. you're talking about helping going -- have america have an offense. >> i want to talk about actually going into offense. i want to talk about the fact that you said that this has been uilding in sir and attack. >> as we walk the events unfold here. they're gaining in syria. they're getting into afghanistan. we're having boca ha ram and other terrorist dorgsdrgs. that is growing. i want to talk about an eff

realize it. you have the soviet union and now you have russia. it does not really cover terrorism like it is supposed to. many of the countries are not the countries you associate with terrorism. two, to the best of my knowledge, the united states -- far toooo much much proportionately. why are we always paying the bills? press, which is so dishonest, the press has headlines -- trumpet does not want nato. that is not what i said. i said, you have to pay your bills. honestly, i think they have to go. we cannot do this. ago, this is years not what it was originally formed. you have to redo things. it is interesting -- some of the smartest people have said that what donald trump said is genius. it is obsolete. it is true, a lot of countries are giving a free ride. we cannot have free rides anymore. thank you. we need someone with that. is america first. north korea is a big problem. a problem could be solved easily by china, but they do not want to solve it, they want to tweak us. , andare taking our money you talk about the imbalance of trade. how about rio china? they take our money and

move. [laughter] you know, when governor walker stood up to the union bosses when he stood up in an epic battle, and it got nasty, we saw attacks, we saw threats, we saw protests, we saw insults. millions of men and women across the state of wisconsin stood with scott walker. and his courage and your courage inspired millions across this country. it inspired me. when we stand together as we, the people, that we can beat the special interests that are bankrupting our country. [applause] the same courage, the same principle that y'all have demonstrated in wisconsin, we need in washington to stand up to the special interests and turn this country around. [applause] all of us, we are here tonight because our country is in crisis. because we are bankrupting our kids and grandkids. because her constitutional rights are under assault each and every day. because of it, america has receded from leadership in the world and it has made the world a much more dangerous place. i am here tonight with a word of hope and encouragement. all across wisconsin, all across this country, people are waking

every western union bit of money being sent to mexico, good luck with that. then waved at the issue of the applications for the mexican if it iswhich in turn, collapsing, actually sends more immigrants north because they can't find jobs back in mexico. but this is just one more example of something that is not thought through and is primarily put forward for political consumption. as i have tried to emphasize throughout, we've got serious problems here. we've got big issues around the world people expect the president of the united states and the elected officials in this country to treat these problems seriously, to put forward policies that have been examined, analyzed, are effective, where unintended consequences are taken into account. they don't expect half-baked notions coming out of the white house. we can't afford that. all right? i'll turn it over to josh good think you, guys. announcer: campaign 2016 continues today with the wisconsin primary. live coverage begins tonight at 9:00 eastern. results.or a live taking on the road to the white house on c-span, c-span radio, and

western union money that's being sent to mexico, good luck with that. got the issue of the implications about the mexican economy. if it's collapsing sends more immigrants north because they can't find jobs in mexico. this is another example of something that's not thought through and put forward for political consumption. as i have tried to emphasize throughout, we've got serious problems here. we've got issues around the world. people expect the president of the united states and the elected officials in this country to treat these problems seriously and put forward policies that have been examined, analyzed, that are effective. unintended consequences are taken into account. they don't expect half-baked notions coming out of the white house. we can afford that. all right? thank you guys. >> president obama is ending his remarks on the economy. we will have more remarks coming up in about 30 minutes. defense secretary ashton carter will be talking about plans to modernize the military. that is scheduled for 1:00 east coast time. is thee some of -- this washington journal.

negotiate contracts. we will form unions. whether it is the civil rights movement, where for hundreds of years african-americans and their allies said, no , racism in, bigotry america is not acceptable. [applause] sen. sanders: whether it is the women's movement. people forget, 100 years ago women did not have the right to vote. the right to get the education they wanted. the right to do the work they wanted. but women stood up. they fought back. they went to jail. some of them died. and they and their male allies said, women will not be second-class citizens and this country. [applause] sen. sanders: if we were in this room 10 years ago, not a long time. in summary jumped up and said, you know bernie i think gay marriage will be legal in 50 states in this country, the person next to them would've said, you are crazy. that cannot happen. that will never happen. and yet, in 2015 at happened. -- itt happened it happened because the gay community and their straight allies stood up, fought back, and said that people in this country should have the the right to love whoever they wanted reg

because they are so into it. it was really put there -- you had the soviet union and now you have russia which is different but russia is powerful so we can sort of say it is a balance but it doesn't really cover terrorism. many of the countries in there are not countries you associate with terrorism. so i said, number two, to the best of my knowledge the united states pays far too much. why are we always paying the bills to protect other people? the press the next day says trump doesn't want nato. i said we have to pay our bills and if they cannot pay the bills they have to go. this isn't 68 years ago. this isn't when it was originally formed like many years ago. many decaddecades ago. it is interesting, some of the smartest people have said trump is genius. it is obsolete and that is true. we cannot give the free rides away anymore, folks. we need somebody with background. it is america first. north carolina is a problem. a problem can be solved by china easy but they don't want to solve it. they want to tweak it. they are building a massive military fort and they should not be