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. >> let's bring in "the new york times'" column isist james brunei and where you go will not be the admission to the latest college mania, and the reason i ask is because it is not in a vacuum. and it is not just this one fra fraternity, frank b, runi and examples with the freakgreek system all over? >> yes, as you said and erin said we can't stereotype the all of them but what we can do is to take note of them and they are exclusive societies, and they let in like-minded individuals who can exist in a homogeneous society, and that is not what we want the colleges to be. we have racist behaviors from organization organizations that are all white, and sexist behaviors from groups that are all male. >> and this is what you say you should be cultivating the sensibility that make yos a p better citizen of diverse and less fractious society, and how is that served into retreating into a clique of people just like you. >> i have often thought that how is that -- when i went to college, i wanted to know everybody. of aulll different ethnicities and i wanted to know other people and not jus
. >> let's bring in "the new york times'" column isist james brunei and where you go will not be the admission to the latest college mania, and the reason i ask is because it is not in a vacuum. and it is not just this one fra fraternity, frank b, runi and examples with the freakgreek system all over? >> yes, as you said and erin said we can't stereotype the all of them but what we can do is to take note of them and they are exclusive societies, and they let in like-minded...
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we'll look at the sultan of brunei brunei's disturbing record on human rights. >> ban brunei from the transpacific partnership agreement. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. we start with foreign policy. today benjamin netanyahu delivered his controversial speech to congress. there was reaction. 36 house democrats, 7 senate democrats, and 1 senate independent skipped today's speech. netanyahu took a hard line against iran. he warned against the iran nuclear deal currently being negotiated. netanyahu made clear he has two major problems with the deal. >> you see, my friends, this deal has two major concessions. one, leaving iran with a vast nuclear program. and two, lifting the restrictions on that program in about a decade. that's why this deal is so bad. it doesn't block iran's path to the bomb. it paves iran's path to the bomb. >> the prime minister admitted certain restrictions would be placed on iran's nuclear program, but he said they cannot be trusted. >> it has violated agreements in 2005, 2006 and 2010. iran broke the locks and shut off the cameras. i know this does n
we'll look at the sultan of brunei brunei's disturbing record on human rights. >> ban brunei from the transpacific partnership agreement. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. we start with foreign policy. today benjamin netanyahu delivered his controversial speech to congress. there was reaction. 36 house democrats, 7 senate democrats, and 1 senate independent skipped today's speech. netanyahu took a hard line against iran. he warned against the iran nuclear deal...
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and then brunei the only nation ranking in the top 100 is at 98. here's a closer look at how much money those countries donated to the clinton foundation. some of the examples of their discrimination against women. let's look at saudi arabia. that country donated between $10 million and $25 million to the clinton foundation. in 2011 women were finally granted the right to vote there. but get this women are still not allowed to drive and they need a male guardian's permission to work or to travel. then in kuwait which did give between $5 million and $10 million to her foundation women do not have the right to become public prosecutors and judges and there are not any laws on the books which make domestic violence illegal. then the united arab emirates donated between $1 million and $5 million and considered one of the most socially liberal gulf states, but still women there are required to have a male guardian conclude their marriage contract and then have the legal right to discipline their wives with the use of physical violence. then in oman qata
and then brunei the only nation ranking in the top 100 is at 98. here's a closer look at how much money those countries donated to the clinton foundation. some of the examples of their discrimination against women. let's look at saudi arabia. that country donated between $10 million and $25 million to the clinton foundation. in 2011 women were finally granted the right to vote there. but get this women are still not allowed to drive and they need a male guardian's permission to work or to...
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. >> why would we want a trade deal with brunei? >> no good reason. >> they have sharia law, undercut wages. the sultan is one of the richest guys in the world. it just doesn't match up with america, does it? >> in no way does it match up. it matches up with a state department view that says whatever it takes, whatever sacrifices of american workers, that sacrifice is well worth it if for a few extra years we keep a brunei where the oppression is enormous on their own people rather than china. that's exactly what he means when he says it is china or us. state department jargon where we sacrifice and we pay off these countries if they come closer to the united states than to china. pay it off with our own jobs and our own pay. >> they come from the state department. they come from the commerce department. there hasn't been a good one out there. the president says in the state of the union address he needs fast track to protect american workers. your response to that? >> mr. president, you had fast track on colombia on panama and on k
. >> why would we want a trade deal with brunei? >> no good reason. >> they have sharia law, undercut wages. the sultan is one of the richest guys in the world. it just doesn't match up with america, does it? >> in no way does it match up. it matches up with a state department view that says whatever it takes, whatever sacrifices of american workers, that sacrifice is well worth it if for a few extra years we keep a brunei where the oppression is enormous on their own...
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and when i does have tremendous violations. -- brunei does have tremendous violations. we pulled our event from the beverly hills hotel, which is owned by the sultan of brunei. we are trying to wake up people that these trade agreements sometimes i would countries that are just violating human rights. and we should have higher standards. as i say, trade cannot trump, you know, basic human rights and the rights of women. they will flog women in public, it is just an outrage. at a hope more people understand that, and that we can demand more from our trading partners. if they want to trade with united states, they have to have a better record on human rights. host: let's get one more call here from staten island, new york. catherine is on the independent line. caller: yes, good morning. miss meal, -- ms. smeal, i'm listening to you, and how more equal do you want to be? with whom? guest: you want to have boys and girls, men and women equal. there should be equal education opportunities. and health care. there should be areas of health care in which women are -- i will giv
and when i does have tremendous violations. -- brunei does have tremendous violations. we pulled our event from the beverly hills hotel, which is owned by the sultan of brunei. we are trying to wake up people that these trade agreements sometimes i would countries that are just violating human rights. and we should have higher standards. as i say, trade cannot trump, you know, basic human rights and the rights of women. they will flog women in public, it is just an outrage. at a hope more...
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these are the people we are thinking about negotiating with vietnam, brunei -- brunei is under sharia law. that means they flog women, they discriminate against gays. in 2007, we had environmental agreements down as well as labor agreements. today, peru has walked away from the environmental agreement and they walked away from the labor agreement. we have no enforceable mechanism to do that. we want to say here, these are the countries we think makes sense to do this with and then we go back-and-forth as to who they are. what are the negotiating principles? the objectives? let's agree on those and then months have a say when it is negotiated about what happened. those pieces have not happened. the only thing we are being told is that we want fast track authority, which is no public scrutiny limited debate, and no opportunity to amend the legislation. furthermore, you will recall this one the public said to members of congress on the affordable care act, read the bill all we are asking for is to read the bill. erik: i'm afraid we have to leave it there. congresswoman rosa delauro makin
these are the people we are thinking about negotiating with vietnam, brunei -- brunei is under sharia law. that means they flog women, they discriminate against gays. in 2007, we had environmental agreements down as well as labor agreements. today, peru has walked away from the environmental agreement and they walked away from the labor agreement. we have no enforceable mechanism to do that. we want to say here, these are the countries we think makes sense to do this with and then we go...
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date it's accepted money from saudi arabia the united arab emirates kuwait, oman qatar al algeria and brunei. >> they built a great university with nyu open to people around the world and they have helped us support the work that this foundation does. do i agree with all of the foreign policy of saudi arabia? no. i think it's impressive that the recent king who just died built the first co-educational institution in saudi arabia and they have more women than men in colleges. >> will female voters buy that explanation? with me to talk about this is cnn political commentator and sirius xm host margaret hoover. is the explanation enough? >> hypocrisy is the unforgivable sin in politics. they have to stand by what they say. it doesn't make sense to take money from these countries and using your platform to taut women's rights and then receive funding from countries who are not letting women drive, not letting women vote not letting women really exert the human rights that we support and advocate in the developed world. >> is it possible that hillary clinton could say my foundation is one thing a
date it's accepted money from saudi arabia the united arab emirates kuwait, oman qatar al algeria and brunei. >> they built a great university with nyu open to people around the world and they have helped us support the work that this foundation does. do i agree with all of the foreign policy of saudi arabia? no. i think it's impressive that the recent king who just died built the first co-educational institution in saudi arabia and they have more women than men in colleges. >> will...