congress they say look, congress can't act decisively or did -- efficiently. it may have made sense to have a powerful congress released a coequal congress 200 years ago but in the modern american state with a local economy in the fast-moving technology we need a very strong executive. now, i don't think we need to settle that, whether we should have a powerful executive or not is not critical to my argument because even if the executive branch is not accumulating too much power it has amassed too much power for one person. that's the problem. because when one person exercises the summer must power in the modern u.s. presidency we shouldn't be surprised if the system breaks down. a single president represents the views of one political party. all of us want to have a voice but only have the public has a meaningful input. currently we have a democratic president who represents the views of the democratic voters. from 2001 to 2008 where the republican president who represent the views of republican voters so it's no wonder when you have one president from one pa

that's the way congress saw it. so washington was making the bigger move in this unauthorized tribunal. >> there were two resolutions. the first was the foreign entity that denies bias and another resolution direct to the americans precluding with the enemy and both of them said we are going to try them pay court-martial had set up the due process. for example, the size of the board, they are trying to decide guilt. other provisions like washington as the convener of the court-martial of could not fit as the president of the committee. not the right to counsel, but they were definitely safeguards in there to make it a fair trial. [inaudible] >> the question was what are the specific charges respectively? >> for both of them, it was working to betray west point. they had 10 charges against smith in a narrowed down to one which was for andre was similar. you are working with benedict arnold and you were doing so in disguise. >> follow up on that. >> british, but i promise i'm not a spy. while code. so my question is,

former congress from ohio. we thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for dvd copy of this program call 1(877)662-6626 for free transcripts or to give us your comment about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available at c-span podcast. >> next, british prime minster followed byn.>> the lost at the west houma texas. the dedication ceremony. tomorrow c-span, two events marking the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum. former president bill clinton will deliver the remarks. then a series of panel will discuss the holocaust and genocide prevention with our live coverage beginning at noon >>stern over on c-span 2. bridge house of commons return for their weekly question time with the prime minister. last week's was canceled. inting times for patients the national health service. minister answered questions about unemployment benefits. this is about 30 minutes. strikes order. what untimely death row plyer we did what a timely reply. -- what a timely reply. >> questions to

even congress was meddling in the president's war powers. that was of great -- big discussion during the revolutionary war. i like to start off and get into the other stories but one in particular because it helps to establish a reoccurring principle i found time and time again while writing this, then divide between the president and the commander in chief's power over foreign nationals and with strong foreign forces vs. the power over american citizens and what power does he have to defend us from one another? the story begins upstate new york and right now when you think of west point rethink well manicured lawns, the military e. lee to to, monumental but in 1780 it was a fledgling fort basically the british were interested to capture the entire hudson river because they wanted to cut off the rebellious new england states from the rest of the nation that would effectively end the revolution if they could do so. so what the americans did not having a navy we constructed a land-based defense. president arnold knew how viable this was. said

former congress from ohio. we thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for dvd copy of this program call 1(877)662-6626 for free transcripts or to give us your comment about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available at c-span podcast. >> next, british prime minster david cameron. followed by irish president michael higgins addressing the european parliament. later former fbi investigator david williams discusses emergency response and intelligence surrounding the boston marathon bombings. tomorrow on the c-span network, two events marking the 20th anniversary of the holocaust hue seem here in -- museum here in washington. former president bill clinton will deliver the remarks. then a series of panel will discuss the holocaust and genocide prevention with our live coverage beginning at noon eastern over on c-span 2.

and congress then tried to get read the legislation. but that was wrong. i thought then and they now the dow was right because section five is giving congress the power to do something by appropriate legislation and the power to this up includes the power to interpret the and -- interpret the underlying document. curiously judge centric. but if you go back to the rationale, we are not supposed to have a bad judge secretary. we are supposed to have a law secretary. you go and see what is unambiguously decided by the approved text, and that is binding. in that mold they are not pro judiciary statutes. the judiciary at the time was treads got. this was not a set of constitutional amendments to empower roger. it was a set of constitutional amendments to empower congress at the expense of the judiciary, the expense of the state's. the political branches of congress and the president were going to have extra powers. as i say, we talked about that all the time. we thought then and still think that he was right about the wretched and wrong about the relative r

or even congress, congress were meddling in the president war powers but that was a big discussion during the revolutionary war as well. so today i would like to start off and hope i get into some the other stories as well, i would like to start with one store in particular because i think it helps to establish a reoccurring principle that i found time and time again while writing this. and that is the divide between presidents and the commander in chief's power over foreign nationals and defending us from foreign forces, versus his power over american citizens, and sort of what power does he have to defend us from one another. so it really, the story begins at a small band in upstate new york in the hudson river, and right now when you think of west point you think of well manicured lawns. you think of our nations future military elite rushing to and from classes. you think of monumental buildings take you don't realize that back in 1780 it was a fledgling little fort ever beheld the state of the nation. basically, the british were interested in capturing the entire hudson river because

so to the benefit of congress, we can take the broad view. i think it will be important for us to hold hearings and figure out -- i think there are a lot more data for providing transparancy and public e-mail. i think it will be great to have hour view and figure out how location data is being disclosed and what the standards are across the spectrum. it is one thing that really differs based on where you are. i look forward to -- it is a different analysis. i think the courts may take a different tact. congress is looking for the constitutional requirements of how courts are reviewing. but also what other factors play into that. >> i want to ask you from google 's perspective. leading from the third party doctrine was this notion that you shared it from a bank, you must not consider it that private, so you are giving up that interest. from the perspective of thinking about your users, is it your expectation that users feel once users have access to your information they are giving up access to if? does that third party information make sense?

now congress won't abide by it. at the end of the day, what can we look forward to over the coming years? all the important tenants of obamacare really come into effect. >> yeah, you know, i think the biggest thing is the rise in health insurance premiums, particularly for people who buy health insurance for themselves and for small businesses. large businesses, they'll be affected too, but less so. it's going to be individuals who shop for insurance for themselves, and small businesses because those are the people whose insurance obamacare affects the morse. these exchanges will be a big part of it. that's why it's important for the staffers and the mes of congress to be on the exchanges because when the law brakes down, look, you could fill every minute of every hour of every day of your show of stories of dumb regulations that congress passed that we have to live with, and i think that's why the story's have fractions. finally, they are stuck with it. maybe that means they get it fixed or reformed in the end. odd

how does congress let this happen? >> the law passed bout most of congress even knowing about it. [laughter] >> jon: congress didn't know about a law they themselves passed? so congress is now operating with the same level of self awareness as a flatulent grandpa. what? what? where is everybody going? [laughter] what is that? if only one lawmaker had called out the so called monsanto amendment publicly, brought it to the attention of the other lawmakers sairk a senator from montana john tester. >> the second provision sent over from the house tells the usda to ignore any judicial ruling regarding the planting of genetically modified crops. they are giveaways pure and simple. they deserve no place in this bill. we have to do a better job on policy and process. >> jon: i see the problem here: the other legislators didn't know about it because senator tester brought it up on the senate floor in front of all of them. perhaps if he had written it in the memo field of a monsanto lobbyist check people would have seen it. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] anything else in the bill nobody

former congress from ohio. we thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for dvd copy of this program call 1(877)662-6626 for free transcripts or to give us your comment about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available at c-span podcast. >> she marries at the age of 16 and helped teach her husband to be a better reader and writer. during the civil war, she speaks supplies to unionists and the tennessee mountains by the time her husband assumes the presidency, she is in poor health and secludes herself to a second-floor room in the white house. meet eliza johnson as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments. at 9:00tonight live eastern on cspan and cspan 3 and on cspan radio and c-span.org. >> next on c-span, "washington journal" live. by former president bill clinton and nobel prize winner elie weisel at the dedication of the national holocaust museum and later, barry black box about the secular divide in the country. >> next on "washington jo

and a member of congress, a republican member of congress, told napolitano, i have seen this on "the drudge report" and credible media outlets such as "the drudge report" are reporting this. so you need to respond to it. and she said something back like, well, i'm not exactly sure that i would agree with you that that's a credible media report. you know, that's a problem in washington. that people do rely on "the drudge report" to kind of get their traffic signals of where they ought to go. believe it or not. if you show somebody this site who isn't involved in the media they think they've been transported back to 1997 or something. it's hard to convince them, no, actually, this is an extremely influential and powerful site here in washington run by this guy down in south florida, wherever the heck he is, and he puts up whatever he wants to. and so next thing you know, you have republicans asking the homeland secretary why are you buying up all the bullets? the federal government hates guns so much that they're going to just buy them all up and hoard them. you know, it's -- you don't

the 113th congress has the greatest number of women ever. i can probably say that 59% of those women are emily's list candidates. but we are still only at 20%. and we still face challenges. i love to tell the story when barbara was first elected to the senate, i'm serious about this, there was no women's bathroom in the united states senate building. seriously she had to go to the office building across the street to go to the bathroom and had to ask them to build a bathroom in the united states senate. that was in 1986. just to make this clear, we had mtv before there was a women's bathroom in the united states senate. in this year, the senator of minnesota announced that the women of the senate made history in an unexpected way. there was for the first time a traffic jam for the bathroom at the united states senate. so it is true, our numbers are growing. but men still outnumber us in congress, in the courts, in corner offices and corporate board rooms. and women still earn less than men doing the same job. and that's an issue that republi

congress was not going to move. the idea that congress actually represents the will of the american people is a myth that people keep buying into, the same with gale marriay marriage >> what does it say that the supreme court is ahead of congress in terms of responding to the will of the american people? isn't that a complete failure of one of the branches of our government? >> if i'm here to saying that one of our branches of government is -- then you've put the wrong person on the show. one fundamental way is it represents rural areas. in rural areas there's much more keep your hands off my guns sentiment than there are in urban areas or even suburban area. you'll hear from the white house that people miss the intensity and the fear about given control. so there is -- that is one way this is a particular issue which the lines up very, very poorly with the way congress is designed. >> i accept that to some degree, but katty, and i don't mean to get emotional about this, but as a mother can you envision dropping you

congress, they say -- look, congress can't act decisively or efficiently. may have made sense to have a powerful congress, or at least a coequal congress, but in a modern american state, global economy and fast-moving technology, we need a strong executive. now, i don't think we need to settle that debate, where whether should have a powerful executive or not, is not critical to my argument. even if the executive branch had not accumulated too much power, it's amassed too much power for one person. that's the problem. when one person exercises this enormous power of the modern u.s. presidency, we shouldn't be surprised if the system breaks down. a single president represents the views of one political party. all of us, we all want to have a voice in our government. but only half the public has a meaningful input. right? currently we have a democratic president who represents the viewed of democratic voters. from 2001 to 2008 we had a republican president, who represented the views of republican voters. so, no wonder when you have one president from one part

congress needs to step up and find these projects. power grids and tunnels at ports that help us ship products all round of world, if with a three crown words, "made in america." that is how we will stay competitive in this economy, and to ray lahood, i want to thank you for doing an extraordinary job, and to anthony and his family, i want to thank you guys for agreeing to serve, and i note today's announcement is not the biggest thing that anthony's family has going over the next week, because tomorrow is anthony's birthday, so we are happy we can kick off the celebration here at the white house, and with that what i would like to do is ask both of them to say a few words, starting with our outstanding current secretary of transportation, mr. ray lahood. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. mr. president, your staff told me i've only had one minute, and since this is the last time i will be at this podium, i will take a little bit more than 1 minutes. i know they will not forgive me, but i know you will. there is no way i ca

i was saying you need to inform congress and work with congress so that we can also explain to our constituents the reality of what these -- what would happen if the budget control act were fully implemented. i don't think that's too -- . >> no, i agree. >> general dempsey, the kommendant said sequestration -- blng blank does it apply to all of our services? >> it applies to all of our services. sequestration in the mechanism would destroy readiness in a way i think we would not -- none of us would be pleased with. >> thank you. my time is expired. i thank the witnesses. >> secretary hagel leme ar with senator mccain was driving in. if you let us know what you know what the impact would be of the $52 billion reduction in the budget, you have submitted it will help us, i believe, avoid that outcome. i think that's what senator mccain was pointing to. i would agree with that. >> senator mccaskill. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank secretary hagel and general dempsey for responding to concerns that we have expressed senator jill brand had a hearing on this and many of us have been workin

it didn't take one vote of congress. it took a little bit of leadership here and a little bit of leadership at epa and dot. cleaning up the air in america, getting cleaner burning cars. that's a big deal. we also have spent a lot of time on safety. and i guess we will be known for trying to persuade people to put their cell phones and black berries down while they are driving. we are right at the starting gate on this. distracted driving is an epidemic. i hope mayor foxx will continue working on it. i think the crowning glory for the president and he is going to have many legacies but his transportation legacy will be high speed rail in america, bringing passenger rail all over america. let me tell you what i mean by that. i visited 18 countries in the past 4 1/2 years. the common thread throughout every country is a national vision, national leadership, national commitment. and that's what the president provided over the last 4 1/2 years. what he said to america is we know you want a different kind of transportation. an

we're grateful for the members of congress who are here. his colleagues, friends, and loved ones who made it possible. with us today are gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly. theuld like to invite father to come up and give the indication. >> let us pray. all and sourcef of eternal wisdom, you or the life of the jest. your servant gabriel zimmerman lived in a large world, loved his family and friends, yet chose to serve you by helping many others through service in government. as we gather now, we remember the constituent whisper whose love of our world and all of its people was an inspiration to those with whom he worked. we ask your blessing as we dedicate this space in memory of honor in hiso to name all who serve faithfully in the work of congress as dedicated staff to our elected representatives. they are gathering be a worthy testament to gabe, who is sorely missed still. you to you for giving a such a noble soul. amen. if everyone will remain standing and join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag o

the congress is different. the country is so divided, red and blue that it's just hard for any chief executive to operate that way. and as we've seen for congressional leaders to get their way sometimes. >> woodruff: glenn, we heard the president say today, he said it's not my job to get members of congress to behave. he said it's their job because they're elected to do what is right for the american people. he said and they ought to be thinking about five, ten, 15 years from now and not right now. is he right about that? does he have a point? >> well, maybe the juice we're talking about needs to be in the form of a cattle product. i think he is-- he's partially right about that. i think, you know, to a certain extent as dan said, the president is facing this incredible division. he has come up, however, with a fairly reasonable strategy which is to approach the senate and attempt to make these deals through the senate. i think on the immigration bill in particular. he can establish a conduit and put more press

they expect the same from congress. i imagine their frustration when they hear congress is pushing forward with an unnecessary $3 billion program. only in washington could a company that lost competition in the private sector and already controls 88% of the military come seeking a government directed subsidy and call that competition. >> what is he talking about? >> the alternative engine. for years, another reason why people work has focused on the bigger problems with the airplane, compress was trying -- congress was trying to push on to push on to the defense department's and another engine for his plane. the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built bytt. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the rival contractor in large part because of political hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracte

it is playing out messily in congress. just today, 47 house republicans write to speaker boehner urging him not to even bring the background check to a vote in the house. even though the democrats were able to break the filibuster in the senate this week, it still faces a very uncertain future ahead. then here in sacramento in california, we are looking to make those tightest in the nation laws even tighter. state senate democrats sort of consolidated their bills into a package this week that they call the life-saving intelligent firearms enforcement act. the l.i.f.e. act. always an acronym. these are controversial bills. one would essentially ban the sale and manufacture of any semiautomatic rifle with a detachable magazine regardless of capacity or features. another one would require background checks for ammunition sales. these are very far reaching bills. i have to think it will be difficult even with the democratic supermajority that we have in the legislature. there is some suburban and rural democrats that will not

in the congress? >> i think a lot of it has been the fact that elections seem now to go all the time and people -- there is no time between elections. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captions performed by national captioning institute] >> autism affects one in 88 families in america. it is something we learned about when we needed to give my granddaughter the kind of attention she needed. you learn it is all part of a joyful journey. so even though my granddaughter at the time was only 5 years old, she has brought a lot of joy into our lives, and we have learned to grow recognizing her limitations. the fact we don't have those same limb -- limitations allows us to be grateful. we understand a lot about it. we feel there -- there is a tremendous amount of work that needs to be done in understanding autism. there is research underway. there is growing awareness regarding autism around the country, including world autism awareness day. >> what questions do you think need to be a

now was the time for congress to do the same. time for congress to do the same, this week. it is time for congress to do the same. [applause] back in january, just a few months after the tragedy in series of announced a executive actions to keep our kids safe. and i put forward common-sense proposals much like those the past here in connecticut for congress to consider. remember my state of the union address. i urge congress to give those proposals a vote. that moment is now. as soon as this week, congress will begin debating these common-sense proposals to reduce gun violence. your senators dick blumenthal and chris murph yar ehere. -- murphy are here. your representatives are all pushing to pass this legislation. [applause] but much of congress is only going that act if they hear from you, the american people. here is what we have to do. i appreciate that. here is what we have got to do. we have to tell congress is time to require a background check for anyone who wants to buy a gun so that people who are dangerous to themselves and others cannot get their hands on a gun.

don't you think that this is what gets congress's attention and blame it on congress. fine but now the president is going to sign it. i think it makes it a lot harder to make the argument that we have to get rid of the secquister because it's so bad for this country. i tell you, mark my words, bill press is right, there is going to be another argument single-focused argument, single exception, special interests exception coming up. >> peter: why wouldn't there? >> bill: farmers, oil companies, cancer patients. it's going to be somebody. probably somebody who makes a lot of money. >> peter: yeah. >> bill: right? it's going to come up. they are going to make the same argument. they are doing to pass nor bill and the president will have stosign that one after he side this one. slippery slope bad move. a washington bureau with u.s.a. today will joining us next for a look at the headlights. >> this is "the bill press show." you know who is coming on iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are.

share it with congress? we have to u share with congress as i said in the opening statement congress is a partner here, and we have to let congress know and work with congress on how we intend to do this to accomplish it. >> well, i think utility of us -- i think all of us feel like the sooner the better and the more specific the better. you are the experts about this far more than we are. we would like that leadership and that guidance to continue that discussion in a productive way. second point, even ignoring sequestration the president's new start funding commitment is not kept in fy14, $400 million short. as you know, these were very specific commitments related to the passage of that treaty the ratification of that treaty. there were a lot of discussions in the senate about that very specific discussions. and it's underfunded a couple of years later. a year and a half later. how is this going corrected if it's not? what are we to take away from that experience very specific commitments are made in the

,y concern is congress agenda saysesult from congress their agenda is about destroying the health, wealth, and welfare of the american citizen. and what can be done to take back congress away from those we know have sold their souls to the corporate stability or the corporate society. that is my greatest concern. i am in georgia. my representative is do not represent me. and as far as i am concerned, i should have the ability to actually do a citizens arrest and put every last one of them in jail for abstract things justice and refusing to allow due process. host: will go to anthony in maine, independent caller. go-ahead. a couple of calls ago against the gun legislation, i completely agree with. i think the biggest problem here is republicans and democrats. i think the two-party system, it is one side versus the other but they are really two sides of the same corn. they have windowdressing differences but in the long run there will be gun legislation passed him the whether this or another bill, but there will be some compromise and it does not matter because the supreme court ruled three

only by law congress can do. [inaudible question] cheeks. [inaudible question] >> what can you do at this point to try to reconcile the situation? >> well, a matter of how we resolve our budget, the disagreement that has led to the imposition of the sequestered, the decision by republicans to embrace the sequester and to spend a lot of time insisting that there were no consequences to the sequester and then suddenly when there are consequences that all like to start pointing fingers when, in fact, they have the opportunity to avoid this. our interest in eliminating the sequester, i never should have become law. the president put forward a proposal to eliminate the sequester. when it comes to specific actions that the faa has undertaken to deal with these delays caused by this, those are matters of traffic control and safety. the department of transportation in general. >> i tell my kids. look, if to cars pull up and one as a stranger and the other car has dick cheney, you get in the car with a stranger. >> i was

that is an annual report is required by congress on the state of wireless. behind theion congressional direction is that the wireless market is somehow separate from the wired market. in fact, in the world of broadband, the two have bee increasingly converge. think of the tablet that a lot of us have. you can download on your tablet with wireless technology. something that is basically indistinguishable from what you get on a pc. because of the convergence between wired and wireless, the markets for broadband is a lot more competitive than people think. we have a major providers like verizon and at&t and comcast and time warner. at the same time, we have wireless companies, some of them use the same telcos, but we have others come up with these guys are competing against each other. radicallyhanged is increased competition. we are not in the old days where we only have one pipe to the house and all in one kind of content. there is a convergence of all of those bits on the same platform. that has changed the dynamics. that thelk about silos fcc has regulated.

. >> paul: congress is only way. what about the miranda warning issue. the judge marched in and f.b.i. claims stopped what had been an investigation without a lawyer. that is when he stopped cooperating. >> they were in the room apparently and after only 18 hours of interrogation. >> paul: miranda warnings relates to what would be admissible in court. there is plenty of evidence already likely to convict this fellow. that is not the point of interrogation. we want intelligence to prevent future attacks. to make sure we can break up any current terror networks. >> they invoked the public safety exception, but the more important point, he should have been treated as a potential enemy combatant. we want to know not only what they were trying to do but who his brother and he was in touch with. how was he radicalized helping them or giving any know how. >> and that combatant designation could be withdrawn later and then sent to civilian court. when we come back, as the roll out continues, is obamacare unraveling? one of the chief arc tektsd seems to think so.

the question is congress and republican congress in particular going to listen to the american people and do the right thing? >> eric: former congressman asa hutchinson says if you want to keep children safe in schools he thinks they need armed guards. >> they are already having off-duty police officer protecting shopping malls. should we not provide and have a greatest responsibility for protecting our children as they go to school for education? so, to me it's a common sense approach that is happening whether if federal government is engaged or not. >> eric: joining us now as every time at this abby sunderland ancho -- is chris wallace, "fox news sunday." this is not happening on the hill behind me. >> no, this look like it's in control, the assault weapons ban is dead. the limits on the high capacity clips, 30 rounds, 100 rounds. i think it has almost no chance of passage. even the background check which was the most popular measure the president was proposing and still is popular, 80-90% support is in trouble. interesting enough, dan pfeiffer, the president's senior advisor blamed

, but much of congress is going to only act if they hear from you. the american people. >> we have to tell congress it's time to require a background check for anyone who wants to buy a gun so that people who are dangerous to themselves and others cannot get their hands on a gun. let's make that happen. we have to tell congress it's time to crackdown on gun trafficking so folks will think twice before buying a gun. that's part of a scheme to arm someone who can't pass a background check. it's time to pass a ban on military assault weapons and high capacity magazines. let's put that to a vote. >> sometimes it feels like you're watching candidate obama and not president obama. that was inspiring stuff as we meet the president is on air force one with 11 family members. i believe it's 11 family members from new town on their way to washington where the work is going to be done. the assembly members are going to be testifying. this becomes as much about emotion as it does politics. listen to the president again. >> now that i know some of these proposals

since congress created this problem, it is congress' responsibility to correct it. the national right to work act does so without adding a single new word by -- to the federal code by simply erasing the forced deuce clauses in the federal stetch -- dues clause in the federal statute. they should be there today because we now have decades of data to compare forced union dues, workplace-to-workplace freedom states. it suggests that the national right to work act would create a huge boost in our economy and therefore i urge congress to take up the national right to work act and, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah, mr. matheson, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life of an inspirational young man from my district. mitchell d. jones from utah passed away on march 2 of this year after a life-long battle with muscular dystrophy. mitch was a beloved son, brother and latter day saint. he lived life to the fullest and loved others sely. in the

the instructions, as bob just pointed out, come from congress. write me a report on competition in the wireless market. well, this directive came over a decade ago, and they're still doing it. and so i just want withed to be very clear that, you know, if you tell an agency to devote certain resources to writing a report about a market that no longer exists on its own because broadband income basses wireless, wire line, satellite, google has gotten into the game, you get a report that may not be all that useful for policymakers. so we want to make sure that the notion that the fcc is just going to fix itself, it needs to kind of wake up, i think that's fanciful. i think the direction is going to have to come from congress with a recognition of the new landscape. >> host: well, hal singer, one of the policy proposals that you put in the need for speed is curb the fcc's merger authority over wireless transitions. why is that important? >> guest: it's actually a little broader than that. wireless is probably one of the most critical areas over which

what's the plan to get to congress directly? >> reporter: these are all very high level senior national leaders, obviously condi ong ri they have the ears of congress. they are going to keep the pressure on congress. they are going to have political, public events and issuing reports. the goal is to keep the pressure on. don't let congress give up this effort. >> sounds like some meetings you would want to be a fly on the wall. >> reporter: indee. >> mark sayre in silicon valley, thank you. >> so it was a widespread scam. >> apparently one of the worst to hit the bay area. a moving company accused of ripping off customers for years. the tricky way they tried to run from their own rotten reputation. >> reporter: i'm ken bastida with mobile5. solar power taken to new heights. we'll show you an amazing aircraft that is touring the bay area when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, video... released by the bey hills police this afternoon. >>> all right. check out this wild road rage video released by the beverly hills police this afternoon. y

the congress had gone outside of the power which lists very specifically with the congress can do, and yet the supreme court held up the abandonment of the nm trade powers and also the trump and of the tenth amendment >> host: why when it comes to the commerce clause you use that with the supreme court wrote justice in her testimony in you reprint that testimony coming your back-and-forth with of what elena kagan. what was the question you asked about fruits and vegetables? >> guest: the question i ask is can the government told you and mandate to you how many fruits and vegetables to eat in a day. and it really a rises will where is the role for the government in terms of our lives in? can the commerce clause be viewed so wisely as what was done and children versus the united states. can that be interpreted so wisely that we could eventually get to the point that we could mandate what we are doing? we are doing it right now because the rules from the united states of her fan of agriculture to the schools in terms of what they will feed in the school lunch program. we are having an upr

i think that's a mistaken policy on the part of congress the point i'm making is that congress has put the president in an impossible position any president and possible position to promise the people that are going to be released from guantanamo are not going to engage in terrorist activity after they've returned and what i can tell you from personal experience is that no matter how certain the government thinks they are there people that are being held at guantanamo are not going to engage in terrorist activity they cannot be absolutely certain they simply cannot we have had people that we thought it would be saved return they returned home and it turns out they returned a terrorist activity that is just a fact and so as long as congress is going to present that to jump in your car the promise that no terrorist let's go to charles it's not going to happen is going to charles. i agree one hundred percent with b.j. on this look to think that guantanamo that the population in guantanamo is a distinct and unique population of individuals separate apart from any other person who's been in

>> members of congress from states where those planes are . and where lockheed martin has some of its largest business interests as well as some of the key contractors. >> 45 states have something to do with the f-35. i was on there website yesterday and it is up to 47. what is going on? >> critics call this political engineering. try to distribute as broadly as you can around the country so that you spread the employment around i knew when banks support of members of congress from around the country so that it is not just this helps texas or georgia or california, virginia. but you get to smaller states, too, to help win new friends on capitol hill. >> the list of the states and how much money they get for the f-35 and how many people are employed. california is number 1 with 27,000 jobs. not sure why texas has 41,000 with only $4.9 billion. you can see which states have the most jobs at of all this. the chairman of the armed services committee is from california. we have a top 15. almost 1000 jobs at least. georgia, indiana, miigan, howh, ve

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i look to my time in congress. there's a short patch out of 40 years in history, a very short window wherein budgets were actually balanced in washington, d.c. and i happened to be part of the class of 1994 that was instrumental in bringing that about. when i came into the governorship, there was a billion dollar shortfall and we were able to close it through a whole lot of work with others. and you combine all those efforts and what they add up to is what the national taxpayers union talked about rating me number one in the entire united states congress in efforts to limit federal spending and limit federal taxation. [applause] >> it adds up to citizens of government waste rating me the same in all the united states congress. it adds up to the cato institute rating me as financially most conservative governor of the united states of america. it adds up to being the first gotschor of the united states of america to actually turn back stimulus money at a time when it was anything but popular. [cheers and applause] >

that's what one member of congress is suggesting. we'll get the very latest. >>> plus, why are officials searching a landfill for evidence in the case? >>> flooding fears on the rise. why there's new alarm today in the midwest as some rivers head for record highs. >>> new revelations today from amanda knox just days before her book about being accused of murder and spending four years in an italian prison. hello. it's high noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." >>> an arrest in tupelo, mississippi, in connection to the investigation with poison letters sent to president obama. kristin, with a good afternoon to you, what can you tell us about these new developments? >> reporter: good afternoon, alex. the fbi has confirmed that this afternoon special agents arrested 41-year-old everett dutschke who is a martial arts instructor in tupelo, mississippi. no word on what specific charges can or will be filed. according to local officials, they say this arrest is in connection with the investigation into

congress had a hand in this. whose idea might be irrelevant because everybody ended up approving this. >> republicans are did this bill was unnecessary and the faa already had the authority to move money around and controllers did not have to be furloughed. what are democrats saying about that? but democrats say that is false. a number of republicans have argued they already had the flexibility. me thisnkford told administration is not necessarily known for sticking to the letter of the law, which a was a jab at the administration. he said even if all law is not on their side, i did not see why they do not go ahead and do this anyway. democrats have said the sequester is an account by account, line item cut and they did not have that authority assuming the president signs the bill, how quickly can the fda they get back to business as usual? >> quickly. the furloughs have done one day per pay period, and i would think a small administrative issue, and they can start working, be able to work that next friday that t