kind of culture, competition among local police departments to see how much money they could seize willy-nilly. so protecting the citizen against illegal seizures was certainly not emphasized in these training programs. so to the extent that there was training, it was bad training. >> host: jody tweets in to you mr. smith, if you can prove your claim and get your money back why can't you sue the police for breaking the law? >> guest: actually you can't sue the police for breaking the law, but as a practical matter it's impossible. legally you can but it takes a lot of money first of all, which most people don't have. it's a thankless task for their lawyers because the local law enforcement agencies will always defend the police to the hilt. judges are generally very hostile to any attempt to sue the police and will bend the law in favor of the police and it just becomes a futile exercise and a waste of money to sue them. now that's not to say that some class-action suits don't succeed succeed. it if you have got an organization like the aclu to back you up for free and they are suing the entir

to four times the amount of property taxes than does the willis -- >> moderator: mayor, please finish. emanuel: taxes here that are in the is city of chicago i've talked aboutst one of the ways to avoid -- it's one of ways to avoid a property tax increase, the casino and since 2011 i talked about a progressive sales tax because the sales tax we have today, phil is structured upon the economy 30 years ago. and expanding it to service. and a classic example of what i mean. a single mother buying school supplies for her child pays a sales tax. you join a club, you do not pay a -- >> moderator: what kind of club are you talking about? matchman health club. you don't pay a sales tax. and i believe those types of services should be charged because they're more reflective of today's -- garcia: the wine club could be included in that too. [laughter] >> moderator: i think that's an honest statement, isn't it? let's move on to a different topic that's a concern, and this is a viewer question. it has to do with the airport. you can't sound proof your yard your deck your garden your neighborhood.

when in fact the willis tower was sold, the city of chicago does receive a tremendous amount of money when one property goes to another. when they bought it is reflection of their confidence of the environment and job creation of the city. moderator: is it a fair assessment on which these taxes are based? mr. garcia: the empire state building, a similar mechanism generates 3-4 times the amount property taxes than does the willis tower. mayor emanuel: on taxes here i have talked about one of the way to avoid property tax increase is a surplus. i talked about the casino, and even on this show, i talked about a progressive sales tax. the sales tax we have today is structured on the economy 30 years ago. expanding it, a single mother buying school supplies for her child as a sales tax. you join a club, you do not pay a sales tax. health clubs. very simple. i believe those services should be charged because they are more reflective of today's economy than 30 years ago. [laughter] moderator: let's move on to a different topic. this is a viewer question. it has to do with the airport. you ca

scenario three simultaneous jumbo jet hijackings was very much in the realm of a pretty mediocre bruce willis movie. but it wasn't, of course. it was a real, honest to god wildly imaginative terrorist attack that shook the nation and the world. we could have learned and applied a lot of lessons from that attack and the anthrax that soon followed. in my view unfortunately, we had experiences that did not turn into real lessons and lessons that did not change policies or the way we prepared for subsequent events. sadly enough, that is true for most of the disasters we have experienced in the 14 years since 9/11. experiences without lessons, lessons about applications. we have made progress and some of it ok. but we are nowhere near where it should be. we should know for certain will be protectively referred to as wake-up calls have been far more suggestive of alarm clocks with very accessible snooze buttons. the catastrophe happens. there is intense drama and media coverage followed by promises to prepare or respond better the next time. but when the cameras leave, we hit the snooze button and

quarter nations in the unmanageable scenario of three jumbo jets was in the rum of a mediocre bruce willis movie. but it wasn't. was a real wildly imaginative terrorist attack that shook the nation and the world. who could of learned and applied a lot of lessons from that attack. but in my view, we had experiences that did not turn into real lessons. lessons did not trench -- change policies are the way we prepared for subsequent events. seven enough, that is true for most of the disasters are experiences. we have made progress. we are nowhere near where we should be at this point. everyone of these events that we know are certain will be referred to as wake-up calls and have been far more suggestive of alarm clocks with very successful snooze buttons. there is intense trauma and media coverage followed by promises to prepare or respond better the next time. when the cameras leave, we hit the snooze button and just back off into complacency and not changing as much as we should. i guess that is maybe human nature on some level. out of all the lessons not really learned about disasters sinc

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willie brown, a well-known african-american former speaker of the house calls telephone you legislature now the most moderate legislature he's has ever seen. -- he has ever seen. i was asked the question last night -- a couple of gentleman from florida asked why did you win in california? i gave a rather complicated answer but i could have said we were lucky. the fact of the matter is we were lucky. when we started the process of developing an open primary initiative in california, we started in 2006 and we were not on the ballot in 2010. early on in the process, when we were trying to figure out what we were going to do, we did a series of focus groups in the first fortunate thing happened -- we did extensive focus groups and we were not sure when we looked at the results what they meant. what we did is we took the transcripts and tapes from the focus groups and gave them one set to a republican pollster and said look at these and give us an analysis. we took another set and gave them to a democratic holster and asked for his analysis. what we got back was to completely different polit

by no means is it willy-nilly that we look and see that the deal is signed in this includes that it's quite the contrary, we are looking at a phased approach and one that we think leaves us in a stronger position to ensure that iran's peaceful nature of their nuclear weapons program. and if i left out any part of the question, i will come back. >> i am troubled by recent reports it could signal a shift in position in the united nations and i believe that it is in our national purity interest that the united states and is it still the position to veto one side of the resolution at the u.n.? >> thank you congresswoman. i have worked tirelessly and the predecessors have worked tirelessly to defend the legitimacy and the security of the united nations and we will absolutely continue to do that. when there was a discussion about reevaluation, i want to be clear that there was no contemplation and will never be a contemplation of reevaluating the deep security in partnership and friendship relationship with the state of israel. as you know the security ties are deep as ever. we have just ta

essentially going to contract with a third party license plate reader database company to be up to search willy-nilly this stuff from the past five years essential all-americans car trouble with very few protections. i encourage you to check that a. back to the question, determined both location added andy. it be hard to do this and you can see this in some the documents disclosed by the edward snowden like a 702 targeting document but before getting to that what i often do my passion in life is translate some of the technical reality to things that lawyers immediate and regular people can understand. physical geography is something we deal with every day. how did you get your? it may not be the easiest place to get you in d.c. but it's a wonderful place to be when we do get here. but network geology and geography, if you permitted to take artistic license. the geography of the internet is much more different to it changes every second. and so, for example, sending a single from your building to someone who may be in the building across the street may go in an extremely crazy way. it's not going to w

we are sort of being dragged willy-nilly into a convention in yemen because what the saudis and egyptians are doing but that is not being driven by us. you heard general austin testified he was barely getting any heads up before the saudi started bombing yemen. these sunni states are clearly taking the law into their own hands trying to do with iran as best they can because they see this complete power vacuum obviously. they don't see us mobilizing in this traditional anti-iran alliance which we been a leader ever since 1979. we need to reinvigorate that cannot be so sanguine about the fact that iranian allies have essentially taken over from smh and, not only in beirut but now in iraq, syria and yemen as well. i think we need a strategy to empower our local allies to try to push back against iranian designs and to do some of the things we did, for example, in 2007-2008 during the surge putting successfully to use, especially our intelligence as well as our special operations assets to target iranian agents and to neutralize the influence of the greatest extent possible. i don't see us tr

willie brown, a well-known african-american former speaker of the house calls the california legislature not the most moderate legislature he has ever seen. i was asked the question last night a cobbler gentleman from florida asked me, why did she win in california? and make it a rather complicated answer, but i could've said we were lucky. the fact of the matter is we were lucky. when we started the process of developing an initiative in california, we started in 2006 and we were not on the ballot until 2010. early on in the process when we are trying to figure out what we were going to do, we did a series of focus groups and the first thing that happened for us we did these extensive focus groups and we were quite sure where we took a look at the results what they meant. so what we did is to the transcripts and tapes from the focus groups and gave them one site to a republican pollster and we said look at these and give us an analysis. another site gave them to a democratic pollster and we asked him for an analysis. what we got back was to completely politically correct analysis from e

willie brown, a well-known african-american former speaker of the house, called the california legislature the most moderate legislature he has ever seen. i was asked the question last night, a couple of gentleman from florida asked me, why did you win in california? i gave a rather complicated answer but i could have said that we were lucky. the fact of the matter is that we were lucky. when we started the process of developing an open primary initiative in california, we started in 2006 and we were not on the ballot until 2010. early on in the process we did a series of focus groups, and the first fortunate thing happen for us. we get these extension of focus groups and we weren't quite sure when to the results, what they meant. we took the transcripts and the tapes from the focus groups and gave one set to a republican pollster and asked for analysis. we took another set and gave them to a democratic pollster and asked him for an analysis. what we got back was to completely lyrically correct -- completely politically correct analysis from the pollsters. the democrat gave standard democr

>> we will hear more from cecily strong as host of tonight's white house correspondents dinner, as willis remarks from president obama. our live coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> on c-span this morning washington journalists next. following a senate hearing on her cultural trade cuba. later, former president bill clinton talking about his life in public service. >> on this morning's washington journal, a new report that talks about support for gun rights increasing. that a discussion about child support and its enforcement in the u.s. later, usa today reporter gregory korte talks about affirmative action. ♪ host: good morning to you. it is saturday, april 25. comcast has dropped time warner after -- tonight is the white house correspondents dinner. the annual party that brings together journalists politicians, and hollywood celebrities in washington. on "washington journal" our first topic will be free range parenting. police were called