america is doing what is best for corporate america and working america is getting left behind. it goes to show you just president trump and republicans working forri when they crafted their tax bill. it gave corporations and the wealthiest americans a huge tax cut and cut out everybody else. i yield the floor. >> mr. president, this is immigration week in the united states senate and we are preparing with today's procedural moves to bring bills for for consideration as early as today and perhaps tomorrow at the latest. it is an unusual time in the senate is focused on such an issue in actual bipartisan amendment and substitutes were being offered. the reason we a are at this poit and at this moment in time was because of a decision by president trump on september 5th of last year when he announced there was ending the doctor daca program. it was a program graded by by executive order that allowed those have been brought to the united states as children, infants and toddlers to be able to stay legally in the united states on a temporary visa renewable every two years. it was called daca

. seeing these kids gives you faith in america. and it was my distinct pleasure to get the republican leadary bottle of brooklyn bosh bourbon at a -- it was not a challenge to kentucky's pride but rather to suggest that maybe kentucky and new york aren't so different at all. our craft distilling industry is booming and we have very good bourbon made in brooklyn, new york. it's called, by the way, as long as it's made in america itening be called bourbon and i believe it -- i'm not sure if it can be called kentucky bourbon but can be call bourbon. now on to the business of the day. mr. president, on in the heels of passing significant bipartisan bug deal, the senate returns this week to grapple with one of the most contentious of issues, immigration. leader mcconnell, to his credit, has promise debate on a neutral pill with an amendment process fair to both sides. democrats and republicans are working hard to find a bill to protect the dreamers and provide border security that will garner six votes no easy task. it's like threading a needle. i'm sure we'll have the opportunity to vote

in what became known as the tet offensive. on "reel america," a 37-minute report on the january 1968 activities of president johnson produced by the white house naval photographic unit. this film comes to us courtesy of the lbj library. narrator: among the nation's unsolved problems of 1967 was the ever-increasing flow of american dollars abroad. the balance of payments deficit could easily reach $4 billion. the president, during the final days of december, called a meeting of the men most familiar with the complex problem. men to whom he could look closest and hardest for solutions. leading the contention was the chairman of the federal reserve board, followed by secretary of the treasury fowler, secretary of state, secretary of congress, the budget director charles schultz, chairman of the house ways and means committee, , majority whip, who chairs the economic policy committee, and finally, senator long of louisiana, a member of many senate and joint committees central to the control of the nation's fiscal policy. ♪ to an outsider, they look no more than relaxed executives

latin america or central america or the caribbean. announcer: american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museumtours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here's a clip from a recent program. the revival first came to the attention of kind of a whentream press in 1906, newspapers started covering a major religious event known as the azusa street revival. here's an image of the mission in los angeles. "the los angeles times" oforting this "weird babel ongues," so what is this be willed her dream for it are talking about? pentecostal leaders had been traveling the country for a few years at this point when an african-american hotel later, a guy named william seymour, picked up this message of the radical power of the holy spirit to work in you and through you. from agotten this revivalist. he heard teachings in houston. he traveled to los angeles and brought it with him. he probably wouldn't have been most people take for likeliest evangelist to ignite a worldwide revival, although that's when he came to do. he was the son of for

conservatives in america every single year. thank you all for being here. [applause] vice president pence: before i begin to talk about the progress we have made, allow me to take a moment to address what i know is on all of our hearts this morning. the terrible attack that claimed the lives of 17 americans and injured more last week in parkland, florida. in america, we mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. and yesterday, president trump and i met with the family of meadow pollack and other students and families reeling from the attack in parkland. we also met in the white house with families from other communities who have experienced the same violence firsthand. and as the president said, we will never forget it. we prayed with them, we listened to them as they poured out their hearts. as the president has said, no child, no teacher, should ever be in danger in an american school. [applause] vice president pence: earlier this week, president trump called on congress to strengthen background checks and two days ago he directed the department of justice to exp

policy of the united states of america is that we are going to continue, with all options on the table, to bring an economic and diplomatic pressure to bear until north korea, once and for all, completely and verifiably abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. that is the fixed policy of united states of america. as president trump has said many times, i always believe in talking. clear thate it very we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed, the largest ever. we are confident our allies will join us in it. until thell change day comes that north korea abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and seizes to threaten the united states of america. like it does not sound those two things are preconditions for any conversation. itself like you're looking at the tools in your bet -- belt and do more talking. vice pres. pence: it is accurate to say that we want to make sure north kor

only fulfilled that promise, he fullest. it to the mr. wood joined the boy scouts of america in january, 1943. later he served as a volunteer and scoutmaster for troop 440 for 50 years. when mr. wood and his family were recently informed of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, he was focused on living until this january, the 75th anniversary of his becoming a scout. what an admirable spirit and wonderful man. after a lifetime of service, mr. wood is now preparing for his next journey, mr. speaker. i commend mr. wood for his 75 years of dedication to the boy scouts and stokes county. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. espaillat, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my concerns and my deep shame for many in this chamber who continue to gamble with the dreamers. er 800,000 young people that are workers, students, they are teachers, members of our armed forces. they are dads, moms. and after five continuing resolutions, we still have left them out in the cold. over 800,000

you to the international museum of american history. if ever there is a time in america when we need historic understanding, as well as museums that present history in ways people can understand their role in democracy, it is today. it shows you the prime example -- the show you will be discussing is a prime example of that. we have a major show on american democracy. one of the key components is the way citizens can participate in our nation. one of the key ways of doing that is through protest. honoring protest and understanding it in the context of a larger arc of america history is important. i would also say we have been honored and privileged to have our wonderful neighbor in this building providing extraordinary shows. it has also been an honor to watch the development of the museum next door. working with them and understanding ways in which american history is presented that includes all of us over the art of our history the arc of our history is fundamentally important to where we are going in the future. for that, we thank the whole team of enormously for what they ha

it meant to be muslim in america and that was back in the decade of nine eleven and the iraq war that followed since then of course the world has turned with the rise of isis the political upheavals that followed the arab spring the chaos that is and go first libya then syria and of course the election of donald trump and his travel ban so today it's more important than ever to understand the history of a vibrant diverse and still growing muslim community and what it means to be both muslim and a patriot here's islam in america from two thousand and eight. oh say. cecil i would think you would rather i think that. if you would see. this. hand. you. mention america and islam and most people think of irreconcilable conflict but i suspect that's not the whole story in this two part series i hope to discover the truth relationship that's evolving between the two. there is said to be eight million muslims in the united states and the faith is said to be the fastest growing religion in this country and the roots and history of islam a longer than most people are aware of i want to travel ac

. and usually, -- money works against honesty, independence, reality and america. we hear the dangers of special interest to the associations and to the large corporations. under transect to keep your job you don't follow your values. you follow the money. donald trump is often cussed and discussed these days. but on the main thing, he is right. drain the swamp. [applause] the news media on the trade associations and the government bureaucracy they control america, they don't. we do. work hard and have fun. i am 100 percent, thank you. [applause] >> and now, for someone who needs, little introduction! i'm delighted to welcome, my fellow board member and academy award-winning actress, jennifer lawrence. [applause] hi. so, in 2011, stephen colbert stunned owamerica by starting h own super pack and he showed just how thin the line is between bribery and legal political contribution. seven years later, we want to check in on how all of that is going. so please welcome his personal lawyer for his super pack, the federal election commission chairman and president of the campaign legal cente

productive and meaningful morning. the governor sandoval to governor bullock, to all of america's governors who are gathered here for this important national meeting. on behalf of the first family an our entire cabinet, thank you for being here today. and more importantly, thank you for your service to the people of your state and to the people of this nation. we are proud of our governors across america. [ applause ] one year ago, president trump told all of you at this gathering that in his words, under this administration, we're going to have a true partnership. true partnership with collaboration with governors across america. as a former governor, i'm very proud to see the progress that we have all made together for the american people. since day one of this administration, we have been partnering with each and every one of you in good times and in challenging times. we have been working on the issues that matter most to the american people. jobs, energy, combatting opiate abuse. land management and so much more. we have been inspired. we have been inspired by the leadership

for inspiring such greatness in billy graham, and continue to bless the united states of america. amen. >> the speaker and i are honored you are with us. the man we recognize today shared the gospel with more people face to face than anyone house in history. thunderear voice through stadiums, auditoriums, parks and plazas. graciousness lit up living rooms and touched hundreds of millions of hearts. some of dairy farmers became a trusted friend and counselor to and powerfulidents leaders around the globe. blush, the life of reverend elite graham sounds like a personal success story part excellence. the young man finds a strong age 16, ages 16 -- at he practices preaching on swamp birds and alligators and through his own strength and personal greatness he finds a world changing ministry, leave historic revivals, and lies here in honor in the united states capital while a grateful nation pays respects. story, fore success the ages. the most remarkable thing about billy graham is that this isn't his store. -- historic. he knew and impressive rolodex are the standards of success. he shared

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, governors, and state, making america great again. [applause] washington, d.c. and before i get started, allow greetings from a friend of elected a president of mine. the leader of the republican party, the 45th president of the united states of america, i greetings from president donald trump. [applause] now, i know you'll hear from the president tonight, and he and i were chatting last evening and really looking forward to being with all of you. to hear from t this resident earlier week, and how about that speech on tuesday night. this s and applause] week, our president spoke to the nation in his very first address, he -union called it a new american moment, and we believe it truly is. he said the state of our union people areecause our strong. [applause] >> and president trump laid out a vision soar american can know his words the dignity for a hard day's work, where every at d feels safe at home night and every citizen is proud of the land that we love. a remarkable speech and you all have seen the public response. some of the media polling that was done, but for my part, it was ri

>> this is "bbc world news america." fu ing of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation plaing is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news." bcjane: this is orld news america." reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. is it time for the u.s. to engage with north korea? the u.s. secretary of state and in -- weighnt way in on possible talks fixing the nuts and bolts of america, but who pays the bills? a bumpy road could lie ahead for president trump's infrastructure plan. and king a spin back to the 1960's -- a new exhibit celebrates a decade of pop art, political change, and groovy designs. jane: welcome

, america, they stole your government. [applause] buddy: welcome to louisiana. [applause] stay be wonderful. . was a governor 30 years ago after eight years of congressmen. i have been around the world a couple of times. and i can tell you that louisiana is one of the special places in the world. flora, fauna, rivers, french heritage, some call occasion -- call it cajun. i speak slowly as i get old diabetic am a type one and have diabetic neuropathy. and mycts both my speech walking and gets worse and worse , so i apologize. thisise the work of convocation. i ran for the united states congress five times. them, successfully. ran for governor and won it upset. after 20 years out of politics, iran for president -- i ran for president unsuccessfully. i never took pac money for either of those races. [applause] and i did not take contributions of more than $100. [applause] money spent against me in the millions while in office. usually, i beat it. works against honesty, reality and, america. to the special interest, trade associations, and large corporations. to keep your job, you don

rebuilding our country. we are here to announce a better deal to rebuild america. the democratic plan to directly invest a trillion dollars to rebuild crumbling infrastructure and create more than 10 million good paying jobs. in the 20th century, america's ingenuity and commitment to have the best infrastructure ourinable helped compel economy and made our infrastructure the envy of the world. today, that is no longer the case. our antistructure structure ranks behind countries like singapore and the emirates. in a recent report by the american society of civil engineers, one of every five miles of highway pavement in our country is in poor condition. 56,000 of america's bridges are structurally deficient. the american people don't need reports to tell them what they already know about the conditions of our roads, bridges, rail systems, schools, and airports. day,experience it every stuck in traffic, disrupted in rail travel, paying high energy costs, worrying about unsafe water, and kids being forced into schools that are crumbling and unsafe. today, democrats are announcing a bold, com

, america. based on your government. >> i am buddy roemer and i approve this message. [applause] >> welcome to louisiana. [cheers and applause] may your stay be wonderful. our governor 30 years ago after eight years of congressmen. i've been around the world a couple times. and i can tell you that louisiana is one of the special places in the world. [cheers and applause] is laura, its values, its rivers. its coastal weapons. it's french heritage. some call occasion. i speak slowly as i get old because i'm a type one diabetic and have diabetic neuropathy. it affects both my speech and my walking. and gets worse and worse, so i apologize. i praised the work of this convocation. i ran for united states congress five times. four of them successfully and ran for governor and won an upset. after 20 years out of politics, i ran for president unsuccessfully. i never took money for any of those reasons. [cheers and applause] and i didn't take contributions of more than $100. [applause] i've had money spent against me in the millions while in office and usually iba. money works against ho

for the privilege of serving our constituents, the people of america. we pray for wisdom. we pray for discernment. as we tackle our challenges, we ask you to bless the nourishment, and be with the vice president as we share his thoughts. in jesus we ask you, amen. >> thank you. now to sing the national anthem, i would like to introduce a group of young ladies. [applause] oh say can you see by the dawn's early light hailed proudly we at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free brave ♪ ome of the >> [applause] my country tunes of the sweet land of liberty singee i diedwhere my fathers pridef the pilgrim's from every mountainside le freedom ring my pride theeve country, land of the noble free thy name i love i love thy rocks and rills thy woods and templed hills; my heart with rapture fills like that above l

here including a boom bust but what about the chinese china's relationship with latin america and a huge market with a large and diverse array of resources here to discuss the under-reported story with us is rebecca ray fellow at the global economic governance in initiative at boston university welcome to boom bust and thank you for joining us professor we sure appreciate it to start with what is driving this relationship between china and some of these countries. the relationship is being driven not only by a growing chinese demand for new strategic partnerships with new countries around the world but also by the united states pulling out of that region so when secretary of state rex tillerson expressed surprise to at the state that russia and china and other actors are increasingly active in latin america frankly the only thing surprising is that he was surprised when we see china growing as an export market for latin american goods and in fact they now account for nine percent of latin american exports the number one export market for south america and number two for the region a

, known as the greatest deliberative body in america, are finally going to deliberate. it's true. and it's by design. not by accident. after a lot of negotiation back and forth, senator mcconnell, the republican leader, agreed that this week, we would debate immigration and daca. the dream act. it would come to the floor of the united states senate. i am excited about it, although i have no idea how this debate will end. most good debates you don't know. depends on the strength of an argument as to whether a measure is going to pass or not pass but certainlien issue i've been waiting for. in fact i've been waiting fife years for it. it's a long time, even by senate standards every time been five years since we actually debated immigration on the floor of the united states senate. it's not because the immigration laws of america are so perfect. far from that. it's because it's a tough issue. it's a delicate issue. it's a -- always has been in america. i just have this notion that as soon as the may flower he land, the passengers said hope no people are coming, perfectly happy with this

mentioned that during the last vacation period in america which is thanksgiving the bait the great migration of america you know when everybody goes on holiday they go visit their family they have thanksgiving dinner they usually fly that actually went from twenty three percent took road trips like last year and twenty sixteen and then in two thousand and seventeen it was something like thirty nine percent and why did they take road trips instead of flying to their destination well they didn't want the hassle of the u.s. dilapidated airports and the t.s.a. you know the whole security apparatus which is now kind of defunct because nobody actually even talks about the war in terror anymore everybody's forgotten that because now we have russia gate so what like why we have this remnant that's the last remnant of the last fake hoax scare was the whole war on terror but you know in order to. you know fix the infrastructure of america trump has proposed a one point five trillion dollar infrastructure plan two hundred billion of that is going to come from the u.s. government and the rest

latin america are now constitutional democracies. shifting away from revolutionary leftist economic policies, latin americans are combining left leaning social agendas with more pragmatic governments. many also want to forge new relationships with the us and china. latin america, next on great decisions. (jubilant orchestra music) - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. (soft music) - [narrator] the 1960's in latin america was an era of political revolutions. the reverberations of which are still felt today. - latin america was really defined, the 1960's by the cuban revolution. there was a greater push for independence, sovereignty, autonomy from the united states. - it was a region where some of the battles between capitalism and communism, between democracy and authoritarianism, played out with the greatest drama. it was an era of military coups everywhere from central america down through brazil and argentina. - there were movements not

explores how and why millions of immigrants travel to america. ♪ narrator: over 12 million men, women, and children passed this way, passed through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness which remains only in places once noisy with human life. here they bought tickets for a thousand places in america. here they traded their drachmas, their liras, and their rubles, for dollars. here they sang their first american songs, experienced their first american christmas, and hanukkah. here they waited to be given permission to pass over to the new land. tens of millions of us have relatives who came this way, sat in this room, part of the largest human migration in history. of the many who came, some were turned away. but even they would leave part of themselves in america, to remind us why they had come so far, why they had made the journey. woman: you never know how hard it was to leave her. that was the hardest thing i think i ever had to do. man: she said if you leave, why, i don't ever want you to come back again. woman: long hard life it was. narrator: europe had always los

islamic state vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. my guest today is andrew peek, deputy assistant secretary of state, with responsibility for iran and iraq. is the trump presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east? andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it's great to be here. if i may, i'm going to begin with some words of yours, written right after donald trump's extraordinary election win back in november 2016. you said, "america's role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all." well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that and in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened? oh, i think there is a lot of common threads that run through american foreign policy from one administration to another. i think one of the alterations we saw was that in 2016 there was a fundamental choice between a more hawkish foreign policy, that for the first time, re

unsettling its neighbours in latin america. foreign ministerjorge faurie, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me. two years ago when president macri took office he said he wanted to improve relations with the world and argentina's neighbours. can you encapsulate for us what that means? we are trying to reopen argentina to the world. we describe it as an intelligent insertion. we are trying to have good relations with everybody, particularly with our neighbours. we are trying to see what we can do with each one independent of the ideological position that they have. all right. the big one, of course, is the united states, and president macri said he wanted to chart a new course with washington because after 1a years and the presidency of de kirchner and then his wife cristina, the relations between argentina and the united states have been extremely poor. are they good now? well, we have done a lot of work together, both countries, and we have improved a lot in our political dialogue. we are in a permanent dialogue with the united states on differenc issues. we are havin

ignore middle of the room six. million real news. and in america a college degree requires a great deal. paying a decade's long debts for. studying so hard it requires strong. going through humiliation to enter an elite society. and parching to death sometimes quite literally. wants other true colors of universities in the us. and is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos remember wolf it was dismissed had to do with living feel like a million pieces and my compass appears going to have no facade the whole mediator to. know john without a doubt over there. the only palestinians who gets the most help from its juice from counterparts i don't think it is of those who in the world under the oak vision know only could do this. and know it is a long path that is tied to this lady of the most of that you had i not going to continue muslims you know do more commitments also some piss off. my. back at harvard square max is looking for someone he can vibe with there we're talking about america. like what it means you know i am better able i w

. i come to the floor today to speak of an issue which really defines america. with the exception of native americans who preceded us, with the exception of many african-americans who were brought here in bondage, virtually all of the rest of us are the sons and daughters of immigrants to america. immigrants from literally all over the world who have come to this nation and made us different, different in a positive way. they have given life to this democracy. they have given hope when it comes to our future. they have inspired us. i will be the first to admit that i do not come to this debate without strong personal feelings like millions of americans. i am a son of an immigrant. in 1911, 107 years ago my grandmother came to this country with three little kids. one of those kids was my mother. she was two years old when they landed -- their ship landed in baltimore. my grandmother didn't speak a word of english but somehow she managed to take those three kids and make her way to join my grandfather in east st. louis, illinois. on the credenza behind my desk here at at the capital is

america that works for all americans. the tax cut is a big part of that, as is infrastructure. yesterday the president in unveiled the new economic outline. we are committed to quickly building a safe, reliable and modern infrastructure to meet the needs of the american people and to fuel economic growth. and to help make this possible we have a very special announcement today. in keeping with his campaign pledge, the president donates his salary on a quarterly basis to further work being done on important projects. most recently the president donated his third-quarter salary to help the department of health and human services combat the opioid epidemic. prior to that he donated to the department of education and the national park service. today the president will donate his fourth-quarter salary to the department of transportation to support their programs to rebuild and modernize our crumbling infrastructure. secretary of transportation elaine chao is here to accept the check. i would like to bring her appear to say a few words, say couple words on infrastructure and how the

foundation and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and ng is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with rm, sunny days, oling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news." jane: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i'm jane o'brien. more details about the alleged florida school shooteras the debate over guns in america starts again. president trump calls for tion , but offers no specifics. presidentrump: it is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel ngke we are ma difference. we must actually make that. difference jane: a changing of the guard in south africa. zril ramaphosa takes over as president as jaca steps wn over corruption allegations. and cleaning up compton. how a determined -- determined police fo

is happening. we are on the trajectory to see great things. he is truly about making america great again. >> ladies and gentlemen, please help me in thanking the administrator of the environmental protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt. ♪ >> thank you. thank you all very much. i am delighted to be your keynote speaker at the special dinner, but i must tell you, i how,said to mat backstage, i did not get dinner? you will buy me dinner? ok. i am not going to keep going there. of very a long line distinguished speakers, and i'm truly honored and humbled to be here in front of you tonight. speak to you about american conservative values. it is simple, really. who are you? what is important to you? where do you put a stake in the ground? questionsswer those tells one who you are and what you are willing to fight for. you know, we live in a time when the truth and when reality is diluted to satisfy the masses. correctness has so dissipated our values that we cannot even recognize the america that our founding fathers envisioned. how did we get so lost? and how do we get our coun

report released in america putting together targets for potential sanctions in the future some of said the list is almost didn't put together in a bit of a random fashion what are your thoughts on that i mean lists are very the in thing to do enough or are they lists of useful idiots are you not afraid of appearing on a list just for coming on the program today who are probably will appear malicious but by the time you get into your middle seventy's you don't get too worried about being on sorry but. the the level of mistrust and suspicion is completely now out of hand you know there are lots of problems between our two countries and indeed between east and the west that needs sorting out but to my mind denies this recent speech in the council of europe we need another helsinki we need to sit down and talk to each other and work out of the problems not constantly be deepening them that will do no one any good. washington is facing a growing backlash from the international community over its plans to modernize and diversify its nuclear arsenal both germany and china join russia and

public service by america's tab cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> next on c-span3 new orleans talked about the white house administration and economic opportunities and u.s. cities. this event is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm going to gavel the 86th winter meeting into session. good afternoon, and welcome to the 86th winter meeting of mayor's. i'm michigan great mayor of new orleans conference of mayor's. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> before we start, we can start on a moment of levity. the mayor of vancouver is here, she wants us to know that today is 161st birthday of vancouver. you can welcome them and give them a round of applause for birthday but new orleans will celebrate 300th in a couple of weeks so celebrate for us too. happy birthday madam mayor. [ applause ] >> it is migrate honor to introduce the conference leadership hospitals diaz, vice president the benjamin from north carolina. second vladimir putin rochester that i have in the meeting. ceo and director tom cochran. great leader, t

you will survive. if you don't think about the difference between america and other places. in america you have a chance to start again overseas around the world if you fail your failure. in america, if a business is a work try to do it the next time, people want to succeed in america. that differentiates us from everybody else. it's why so many are in america as opposed to overseas. businesses tend to start in america. washington is not going to be helpful, it's keeping people from out from around the world. [applause] as a matter of fact, believe it or not they try to do something stupid or that's to have people who are here creating businesses force them to leave the country, that's most insane thing of ever heard there's roughly 1 million immigrants who on small businesses in the united states. they create more jobs the truth of the matter is this country was built on immigrants. it's like 40% were founded or cofounded by an immigrant i mention those statistics because congress often forgets this. i'm 100% in sympathy to someone who loses their job. on balance its businesse

race in the americas" took part in a discussion on race relations in politics in the u.s. the event was hosted by the group new america. >> all right. i think we'll get started. good afternoon. thank you all for coming. thanks for c-span for coming. my name is mark schmitt. i'm the director of the political reform program here at new america and all i want to do is welcome you to this discussion on race and solidarity in the united states and the future of solidarity as a way of thinking about -- thinking about race. this discussion was organized by ted johnson who has been a fellow in our national fellows program and also a fellow in the political reform program. his work on the complexity of black voting behavior and political attitudes has been eye-opening to me, and, you know, tremendously important. he's now a fellow at the brennan center for justice which is an organization that as you can see, the signs here, it's occasionally here. we often do things in partnership with the brennan center which is a wonderful organization and ted is bringing a bit of a -- of a non-legal -- b

the ground in america were involved in bribery and money laundering and rack tiering schemes. it took place in this country and we know all about that that. but here are the key points from the indictment. 13 russian nationals, three russian companies launched a campaign of information warfare that started back in 2014 and eventually culminated in interfering with the 2016 election. the goal was simple, to sow political discord in the united states of america. no kidding. we have been telling you all about uranium one, all about the dossier filled with russian lies. now this is critical. after the election, the same russian trolls that attempted to undermine then president-elect trump, president trump is reacting to this today. russia started an antiu.s. campaign in 2014 long before he announced he would run for president and the results of the election were not impacted. the trump campaign did nothing wrong, no collusion. the white house put out a statement quoting the president saying, quote, it is more important than ever before to come together as americans. we cannot allow those

moments of silence, certainly we pray for the families, again, america's heart is broken. ironically, it was ash wednesday. some of the victims there had ashes. it was valentine's day, the kids had gone in a different spirit in what that day would be about. little did they know they'd be victims of such useless, preventable vibles in our country and the large number of people who are deceased and who are seriously injured and we pray for their recovery. but again, it's an assault on r whole country and they are paying the price for our inaction. as i said on the floor many times, whose political survival of this body is more important than the survival of our children, for example, most recently yesterday, sandy hook, for example. or on the streets of our cities. who of us here is more important , whose political survival is more important than that? nobody. we have to be bold. we have to go forward. we cannot let the national rifle association and its many -- however they get their money, and that's another subject, to decide what the character of america is. i'm speaking of the charact

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that he made every day since, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [cheering and applause] you know, i'm here because i stand with president trump. i'm here because we stand with the conservative movement. and come to think of it, we always stand for our flag and our national anthem as well. [cheering and applause] [crowd chanting usa, usa, usa] what a year. when president trump addressed you last february, he declared in his words that our victory was a victory and a win for conservative values and so it was. and now he and i are both back here at cpac this week to thank you for everything you've done to advance our cause because of your support in this past year, it's been a year of action. it's been a year of remarkable results. in a word, it has been a year of promises made and promises kept. [cheering and applause] think about it. president trump promised to rebuild our military and restore the arsenal of democracy and in just a few weeks he will sign the largest investment in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. [cheerin

america great again. let's compare that to what the democrats have accomplished. they are good at doing something. they do work well together to obstruct, and on tuesday their hatred was on full display when congressional democrats sat on their hands during the president's unifying speech. to stand when the president of the united states walked into the room, when he talked about the american flag, the national anthem, or the lowest african-american unemployment in history and the lowest hispanic unemployment in history. they even refused to stand for a 12-year-old boy who is putting flags on the graves of our veterans. president trump: we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have gone for with a clear mission and righteous vision. to make america great again for all americans. tonight, i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people we were elected to serve. created 2.4 million new jobs. unemployment claims have hit a 45 year low. african-american unemployment stands

the last vacation period in america which is thanksgiving the baby the great migration of america you know when everybody goes on holiday they go visit their family they have thanksgiving dinner they usually fly that actually went from twenty three percent took road trips like last year and twenty sixteen and then in two thousand and seventeen it was something like thirty nine percent and why did they take road trips instead of flying to their destination well they didn't want the hassle of the u.s. dilapidated airports and the t.s.a. you know the whole security apparatus which is now kind of defunct because nobody actually even talks about the war in terror anymore everybody's forgotten that because now we have russia gate so what like why we have this remnant that's the last remnant of the last fake hoax scare was the whole war on terror but you know in order to. you know fix the infrastructure of america trump has proposed a one point five trillion dollar infrastructure plan two hundred billion of that is going to come from the u.s. government and the rest is supposed to come f

, in america willing to hold up their hands to take an oath that they would die for america that is how much they love this country. 20,000 went to work as school teachers across united states perhaps they are your child's or grandchild teacher today. doing important things of this country the president trump another lastgr september philip of program that protects them and challenged us to say do something about it and pass a t law. the president is right that is our job and this week we will try to pass the law to end this crisis that will reach ahead on march 5 of this year when the daca program when they lose their protection. lesso than three weeks we will move today or tomorrow or this week at some point to consider alternatives to solve this problemhe. i'm sorry to say there is no plan in the house of u.s. representatives to even address the problem. none. they know what hangs in the balance and overwhelmingly the american people want to give these dreamers a chance. the numbers come rolling in. 85% 5% of americans agree that these young people should be given a chance to ear

which really defined america. with the exception of native americans who preceded us and many african-americans brought here, virtually all the rest of us and sons and daughters of immigrants to america from literally all over the world who have come to this nation and made us different. in a positive way. given life to this democracy and hope coming to our future. i will be the first to admit a do not come with strong personal feelings like millions of s americans like a son of an immigrant. in 191-1107 years ago my grandmother came to this country with three little kids. one of those was my mother. she was two years old when they landed in baltimore. my grandmother didn't speak one word of english but somehow she managed to take those three kids and make it her way to join my grandfather in illinois. on the credenza behind my desk is my mother's naturalization certificate. i keep that as a reminder of my heritage. that is my story. that is my family story. that is america's story. because of my family history, i really believe in immigration. there is a positive force in america and