la misma urgencia que usted yo y el senador bob menÉndez y nuestra comunidad tiene sobre lo que sufren los inmigrantes, dÉjame decirles, yo le puedo decir a usted que yo tengo completa y entera fe en este momento, en este proceso, yo lo tuve ayer, no tengo hoy, de que nosotros vamos, pero solamente se va a lograr, no porque bob menÉndez lo magnÍfico que es y no porque luis gutiÉrrez, el compromiso que tienen, sino por el compromiso de nuestro pueblo que va (sin audio). >> el presidente barak obama, senador menÉndez, estÁ haciendo todo lo posible, yo lo he visto y muchos lÍderes de la comunidad hispana, dicen que no han visto al presidente barak obama pelear por la reforma migratoria con la misma fuerza con la que estÁ peleando por obama care, ha hecho todo lo posible el presidente. >> jorge, hay que entender el proceso legislativo, el presidente ha llamado a personas de la cÁmara del liderazgo de la cÁmara para enfocar de nuevo el tema de la reforma migratoria despuÉs de que se solucionÓ el cierre del gobierno, la primera cosa que dijo, debemos poder tener una reforma migra

. >> you've got schumer and menendez and others. menendez exceeded john kerry as senate foreign relations committee and fellow members gave kerry a hard time on the hill as they did joe biden, another chair of senate relations committee. don't have any of it. >> no, they are not. i really do think if there is someone who understood the scepticism that a deal like this would be viewed with in the senate it's john kerry who spent a long time there and chaired foreign relations committee. he knew the scepticism not just among republicans but among menendez, schumer. these are not back benchers. these are people with prominent rolls to play. i really do believe what the white house, administration, john kerry is hoping for menendez signaled play, hold off for some period of time, some delay to show it's not just in name only. there are real actions being taken that are different from the way in which iran has reacted in the past. whether or not that's convincing i'm not hur. chuck schumer said when senate comes back in december they may

hopefully senator menendez and senator corker will be back because they will be able to vote now. i am going to have to vote. let's recess for 15 minutes and hopefully by then, they will return. thank you. very fast, thank you. >> thank you, senator shaheen. you got more time than you would normally get. i am sure you made good use of it too. our thanks for you carry in the interim and thank you to the panel. the testimony was all interesting. let me explore a couple things. dr. rabkin, i listened to your testimony. i understand you are in a position which i respect but you minimize in your testimony the notion of what the treaty can do. in your testimony, you seem to discourage the idea of asking other countries to make facilities accessible to disabled people in order to make life more comfortable for american tourists who will probably be few in number and brief on their visits which is the exact quote from your testimony. don't you think as america, it is important for our country and for our government to try to create the opportunity for americans to be able to visit a dying

y menendez, and he would say that tony does not read at all like a latino, but he looks more mexican than i do. you are not going to look like the person. culturally, at least bring about the understanding that this person happened to be an american of latino ancestry, so, please, just give me that inkling, you know? but he did not. i think they mentioned menendez 's name twice, even in passing, showedn at the end, they the real characters against the actors, how well he cast, but when it came to his character, it was a long shot of carter putting a thing on his head, and it was a profile shot of tony. 'shot.ver saw tony mendez that is one of the great stories. who did that story? it happened to be a person of latin descent, so give them credit. davis: to the point that edwar is addressing now, recently saturday night live took it on late night, they took it on the chin, as they should have, for not having any african-american women in their cast, and they have not done it for quite some time now, so we all know that thompson has been playing a number of female characters. he has dec

i have senator menendez next. >> thank you mr. chairman and sensual include our full statement for the record i'm not going to go through it all. the committee's consideration as the most forward-thinking about future disasters and let me just say i'm thrilled to be here with my colleagues from new york who were extraordinary in our joint effort to fight for the resources for recovery in our area and continue to be that. i remember my late colleague senator lautenberg who is passionate about this issue and i appreciate then mayor booker doing extraordinary job. people think it was only the shore of new jersey but cities face tremendous challenges and he didn't extraordinary job in responding to the crisis there and that is where you are tested from being a mayor, testing the mettle of leadership and we appreciate his leadership in having him work with us to continue their recovery. there are many successes and i want to commend hud secretary with the overall care of this effort and the transportation department and fema. there are

senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. speaker. attorney general. >> it's a distinct pleasure for me, mr. chairman, and ranking member corker and other members of this committee to testify once again before this committee in favor of the ratification of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. this treaty is an important component of the worldwide effort to advance disability rights. u.s. ratification will mark a major step forward in this effort, and to promote the rights of some 1 billion men, women, and children with disabilities around the world who lack recognition of their preimminent human rights. it would also serve to confirm american leadership and disability rights on the world strange. today we are witnessing a new era of worldwide recognition of disability rights. the date, as you have heard, aet to the of 158 countries including the jets have signed convention and 138 have ratified the terms. as many of you may know i've been involved in the disability movement for many years. i'm the father of a man

a lot of people know bob menendez -- that it would remember you as mayor. we are delighted you're here. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and to distinguished ranking member and distinguished members of the committee. i appreciate this opportunity. and to join senator booker in introducing a gentleman from montclair, new jersey, to be our next homeland secure secretary ickes a constituent, a friend, and the highly qualified former chief pentagon lawyer who in my view would be as effective in his new role as he has been in every role he has taken on in the past. mr. chairman, as a member of the house of representatives i sat on the select committees that created the department of homeland security. i was the author on the house floor of implementing the 9/11 commissions recommendations in its totality. my memory is seared by the fact that the 700 new jerseyans who lost their life on that fateful september day. i know what this department means to our country, and i would not come before you to support a candidate even if he was from my state if i didn't think he h

thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, chairman menendez. unlike my colleague, i am not here to support or oppose the convention. i'm here to hopefully clarify the legal status of the work on disability committees. attorneyerly an advisor at the state attorneys office of legal advisers. the purpose is to consider reports made by the states parties and then to make suggestions, recommendations, and comments on those reports. performing this task, the committee has to interpret the obligations that are created by the convention. these interpretations that are issued by the committee are not legally binding. the committee has no authority to compel changes to u.s. law. there is no legal authority for that. the obligations created by the convention are vague and no state party is able to form an opinion on whether it or any other party is complying with the convention unless that forms a more specific notion of what constitutes compliance. states'ssible other parties will look to the committee. this role for expert committees and human rights or

i will start with you and go to senator menendez. --first of all [indiscernible] not only to i appreciate the opportunity to participate, but this is clearly my first hearing as a senator. it could not be more according to the people of my state. that's more important to the people of my state. i want to thank those testifying, including secretary donovan, who has been a partner with me on many issues. i look for to working with him even closer now. i look forward to hearing what he has to say as well as those others who are testifying today, especially mr. few gate -- mr. fugate. in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, many people in this room played such critical roles, holding all table hearings and advocating for robust federal ensure that new jersey, new york, and although states affected had the resources and support they needed. on behalf of the people of new jersey i think everyone for their leadership and for your recognition that much urgent work had to be done. i want to especially acknowledge my senior senator, senator menen

i have senator menendez next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. since you are going to include our full statement for the record i am not going to go through it all. or are a couple of points i want to highlight, particularly for the committee's consideration as it moves forward in thinking about future disasters. let me just say i am thrilled to be here with my colleagues from new york, who were extraordinary in our joint effort to fight for the resources for recovery in our area. i remember my late colleague frank lautenberg, a member of this committee that was passionate about this issue -- i appreciate then mayor booker doing an extraordinary job. people think it was only the thee of new jersey, but cities faced challenges. he did an extraordinary job responding to the crisis there. that is where you really test the mettle of leadership. we appreciate his leadership in this regard and look forward to having him work in with us and continue to recover. there are many successes. secretarycommend hud as the overall chair of this, the transportati

joining me is senator bob menendez. thank you for joining me, senator. >> good to be with you, kristen. >> voted against by five votes. what's the difference this time around. have you secured the votes needed for passage? >> we're not there yet but a few votes away. we've done several things. number one, some of the objections of members was the treaty was brought up in a lame-duck session. well, we're not going to do that this time. that issue is gone. i think we've broadened the universal support, veterans community, vfw, american legion and other tremendous veterans rights groups advocating for the treaty. we've got a series of republican colleagues, senator mccain, and others engaged to pass the treaty. my hope is the confluence of all that brings us to a successful vote when we come to the floor. >> just to be clear, you say you're a few votes away. how many would you say, three? >> no. probably around five to six, because some of the people obviously retired from the last vote, last session of congress. but i loo

que tenemos que alcanzar es que (en inglÉs) entienda la misma urgencia que usted, yo y el senador bob menendez. >> vamos a arizona a entrevistar la sheriff (...). >> miguelito se cambia el nombre y . >> mañana domingo arranca en e lestadio nacional en cuba la serie nacional de beisbol número 53 y que tienen con los ojos bien abiertos a los equipos aquí en estados unidos , el torneo se estrena con un aumento de salarios . >> antonio castro hijo menor de fidel castro sorpresivamednte se pronunció a favor de que regresen peloteros a cuba, son los mismos que el gobierno los ha llamado traidores. >> no es bueno para a los atletas, no es bueno para la familia, no es ubeno para nada, los perdemos porque cuando se van no pueden volver. >> los peloteros saben que hay una ley dónde no se permite que los ciudadanos inviertan en cuba para crear una imágenes en la población y que digan el síndrome de estocolmo están cambiando rectos. >> en la actualidad 22 peloteros juegan en estados unidos. >> da lo mismo cuando estos muchachos llegan para afirmar existe un proceso de la farc que es un dinero que

bob menendez will be here to explain why he thinks the secretary is wrong. and is there still a deal to be done? last night, stephen colbert explained why the deal broke down in the first place. >> folks, france knows a sucker's deal. they're the ones who sold us louisiana. we should have saved the receipt. and now our president's been out-toughed by the french. that's like being out-sobered by the toronto mayor rob ford. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the growing death toll in the philippines has risen to more than 2300 today. chaos has erupted among some survivors desperate for food and water. eight people were killed today when mobs overran a rice warehouse in tacloban, the island hit hardest by the storm. the mayor is urging residents to leave the city. security forces exchanged fire with a gang today while trying to maintain order. ian williams joins me now with the latest from manila. ian, this situation getting more and more desperate. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right, andrea. we're hearing promises of more aid, of gai

i have senator menendez next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. since you are going to include our full statement for the record i am not going to go through it all. or are a couple of points i want to highlight particularly for the committee's consideration as it moves forward in thinking about future disasters. we just say i am thrilled to be here with my colleagues from new york, who were extraordinary in our joint effort to fight for the resources for recovery in our area. i remember my late colleague, a member of this committee that was passionate about this issue -- i appreciate then mayor ohchr doing an extraordinary -- then- mayor ohchr doing an extraordinary job. -- mayor booker doing an extraordinary job. that is where you really test the mettle of leadership. we appreciate his leadership in this regard and look forward to having him work in with us and continue to recover. i want to commend the hud secretary -- the transportation department, fema, there were many successes. there are many people who are hurting and they continue to lang

thank you chairman menendez for being willing to come back at this important treaty. and thank you ranking member corker doing what both of you talked about. with an eye trying to make certain we err of the concerns so that every senator can make up their own judgment in an atmosphere that is not crowded with procedure questions like we were last year. we all approach this renewed discussion, we listened carefully to all of you, and we recognize that some senators were dissatisfied with the process and several are not p prepared to support the treaty until they feel certain concerns are addressed. again, i repeat, we will work with you on an appropriate reservation or understanding or declaration as appropriate in order to clarify something if indeed it is begging for clarification and we are not able to show through legal cases and the reality of the treaty itself it is addressed. i believe what i believe the first time we tried to do this when i was chair. that the ratification of the disabilities treaty will advance core american values. it will expand opportunitie

senator bob menendez of new jersey shares this meeting. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if you want to -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. this meeting of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities will come to order. let me start by thanking secretary john kerry for being with us today for the second hearing on the ratification of the crpd and i think, mr. secretary, first, the thanks of all of us on the committee for the incredible work you have been doing on behalf of our country across the globe and your presence here today sends a strong message about the importance of this issue so we appreciate you taking the time to come back to the committee that you cared to support the treaty. we convene a second hearing on ratification of the treaty having received the enthusiastic support of literally thousands of people and organizations, all of whom with letters, petitions and various statements for the record looking

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senator menendez. >> thank you, secretary. attorney general. >> it's a distinct pleasure for me, mr. chairman, and ranking member corker, and other members of the committee to testify once again before this committee in favor of the ratification of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. this treaty is an important component of the worldwide effort to advance disability rights. u.s. ratification would mark a major step forward in this effort, and to promote the rights of some one billion men, women, and children with disabilities around the world who lack recognition of their preimminent human rights. it would also serve to confirm american leadership and disability rights on the world stage. today we are witnessing a new era of worldwide recognition of disability rights. today, as you have heard, a total of 158 countries, including the united states have signed the convention and 138 have ratified the terms. as many of you may know, i've been involved in the disability movement for many years. i'm also the

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. >> bob menendez in new jersey. >> senator menendez chairs the foreign relations committee. it's terrible and i think there will be a reaction in congress against it. >> john bolton has a point though. this was about stopping israel from defending itself. if you go back to february of 2012, leon panetta told the washington post they would attack april, may or june. you don't betray a friend like that. at the end of march when they were afraid they were going to attack they released that they would use azerbajan. then they wouldn't allow it. >> israel is alone. >> they are negotiating with france, saudi arabia. >> the saudis were shocked. does this start a nuclear arms race? >> being in the middle east back in september we heard from some people, allies who were saying, we keep watching you throw your allies under the bus. we wonder which one of us will be next. >> let me give you three instances. one is under president obama we gave the former head morsi who referred to them as descendents of apes and pigs. now they are saying they are doomed for destruction, the rabid dog o

out,nator menendez pointed you push back on that. the u.n. has come out against the u.s. position that if a monitoring body finds reservations are no good, we assume the country is still bound without the benefits of those. we may push back on those as well, but it argues for clarifying this in the ruds. >> the fact the supreme court recently heard a case whether treaties made expand congress raised concerns about federalism. case highlights some of the concerns that get raised when you have a treaty and then implementing legislation. senator menendez is correct that we don't get had that because we have earlier legislation. the issue people are afraid about is what if we have new legislation? in the bond case, a lot of people were surprised that the treaty power that was supposed to deal with syria is now being crimes within a state. the justices on the supreme court were surprised. i would not be shocked if the senate were surprised if that was what they agreed to. you may find down the line that congress or the executive branch applies them in ways that the senate neve

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we have a bill led by senator menendez and senator isakson that costs zero, scores zero. we have written this bill in way that it just postpones these draconian rate increases so that we can take a little bit more time to get this right to study i-- tostudy it,. this bill bassed with very good intentions but it was passed prematurely without the data we need to make smart decisions for our communities. and so this is just giving us time to get it right. there's zero cost, the way this bill is structured, and i really appreciate, again, the courtesies of the managing -- our leader managing this bill on the floor, and i yield back our time. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate the previous order, the senate >> the senate taking its usual tuesday recess so that members can attend party caucus lunches. members will reconvene at 2:15 p.m. eastern and will continue working on a spinning outline for 2014 defense programs. amendments are expected on sexual assault in the military, guantÁnamo bay and pentagon spending levels. live coverage here on c-span2.

so thank you, chairman menendez, for your comments, your leadership around this first hearing and be willing to come back at this important treaty, and thank you, ranking member corker, for joining with him in a bipartisan way to do exactly what both of you have talked about and trying to do here, trying to make certain -- and that is with an eye of trying to make certain that we air all of the concerns so that every senator can make up their own judgment in an atmosphere that is not clouded with procedural questions, as we unfortunately were last year. i think we all approach this renewed discussion -- we in administration listen very carefully to all of you -- and while we recognize most senators would guess, some senators were dissatisfied with the process and some are not prepared to support the treaty until they feel that certain concerns are addressed. so again, i repeat, i am absolutely committed -- i have said this to the chairman in private conversations -- we will work with you on an appropriate reservation or understanding or declaration, as appropriate, in order to try to

. >> let me further answer, senator johnson's point following up with chairman menendez quoting from general thorn berg's written statement. i think it's appropriate here. we should not be proud to think that we cannot learn from other countries about how to meet the challenges of providing better opportunity for people with disabilities. this is a gathering. it doesn't mean we change our laws. we learn how to do things better. and that's part of being an international community in an effort to help people with disabilities. i also want to acknowledge my former colleague, who is here. he's been a great help when i came to the house of representatives on this issue and some of the other issues and, tony, it's good to see you. i want to acknowledge mrs. -- also a bilateral amputee and we'res prosthetic legs. she traveled over to 40 countries for work and study. it's nice to have you here. mr. chairman, i guess to general -- or secretary ridge. i'll give you the chance to respond to this. we all acknowledge that the treaty is based upon basically the u.s. law. ada, we pass that in 1990.

paul menendez, mitchell, walker, theresa. thank you for showing me the meaning of being an aging of change through the work that you do through the work that you do and how you serve the community. i would like to thank my parents for sacrificing what they never had. to my daughter, our future leaders, thank you for being my daughters, my reason for living. i love you. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> as we move to the next phase, i would love to give another round of applause to all of our awardees. i would like to lay down a challenge because i think of the work of tucker and i would love to see how we partner the next generation with the legacy and the work of the people like george davis and spinola jackson. that we don't leave it in this room tonight but as we leave here, we share those strategies and best practices and the struggles and use that information to empower the next generation. this is not just the cake, it is the icing on the cake. as we get ready to split that cake up and enjoy the celebration, we need

. >>> now, let's turn to another new jerseyan, bob menendez. i want to get to iran. but first, we just heard from governor christie on his record. was it as a commanding a win and as much a validation of his record as he said? >> clearly, the governor had a big win. when you win by 20 points, that's a big win in any state. so, you know, the governor had a good win and i think that's a testament to his own person within the state as well as the effort that he, you know, put together in terms of different elements of the electorate. >> how about your reaction to the breakdown of iran nuclear talks in geneva? secretary kerry still optimistic that a deal can be reached, are you? >> george, it depends on what the deal is. my concern is that, we seem to want the deal almost more than the iranians. you can't want the deal more than iranians, especially when the iranians are on the ropes. it seems to me that we're moving more and more away from the global position, the position adopted by the u.n. security council that basically says two things -- cease all enrichment and ac

let's put on the screen, senator menendez of new jersey, what he has to say about the deal with iran. he is a democrat. you might be confused when you hear the words. "this agreement did not proportionately reduce iran's nuclear program for the relief it is receiving. given iran's history of duplicitiy, it will demand ongoing, on-the-ground verification until iran has verifiably terminated its illicit nuclear program, we should vigorously enforce existing sanctions. then from senator marco rubio, republican of florida, as the news was breaking last night. he was one of the first people to come forth with a statement. he said, "by allowing the iranian regime to retain a sizable infrastructure, this makes a nuclear iran more likely. this agreement is a blow to our allies in the region." pat, i know you want to weigh in first. you saw problematic for this president is men disney and his corps. >> the democrats, schumer and others, as i said before. look, israel views this, as i said purposely, a mini munich that they have been in -- some of our arab allies with iran. the same person nego

los tambien desastrozos lanzamientos de programas como el seguro social, medicare y otros s/robert menendez/d-nj 1:11-1:20 "cual es el punto que al empezar de cualquier programa nacional tan ambicioso como la ley de salud siempre va ver faltos...no es aceptable pero lo que tenemos que hacer es perfecionarlo, areglarlo porque el producto que se ofrece es bueno". s/liliana henao/washington , dc 1:30-1:35 de acuerdo a analistas politicos, para que el presidente obama pueda recuperarse de este golpe , debera reestablecer la confianza entre los estadounidense, y al mismo tiempo asegurarse que la nueva ley de seguro de salud esta funcionando como debe y gana mas apoyo del publico. el mandatario ha tenido otros encuentros con sondeos desfavorable s, por la economia y la reforma de salud, pero en dichos casos, le habria ayudado la percepcion positiva general, algo que parece, se le esta escapando ahora. en washington, liliana henao telemundo. cesar ---el departamento de fomento laboral de california, take vo ---informo hoy que mas de 220 mil californianos estan en riesgo de perder sus beneficios de

and senator menendez said in more restrained language much the same today. >> ifill: so nothing, the ball has not moved. but they're still listening to, as you pointed out, people from abroad who are calling and they're still listening to who else? >> well, there is -- right now i think the dynamic is there's a very short time fuse. the administration wants their negotiators to get to geneva with this big a hand as they already have. they feel that they've settled their issues with the french, so that isn't really what they're as most worried about. they want to be able to get to geneva without the hill doing anything to clip its wings and they were so concerned about the revolt among democrats this week that there was even talk in the administration and among its friends about a plan "b," that if we -- if dems need to vo yes on something, maybe as long as we can forestall this striping the waivers part that we might agree to a sanctions bill that doesn't take effect for six months. >> ifill: that's the middle ground. >> that's the middle ground. the administration does not like it.

if >> senator menendez, thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: now to africa and the break through in the democratic republic of the congo. the m-23 rebel group announced today it is abandoning its 20-month armed insurgency against congolese government. the insurrection displaced 800,000 people and claimed the lives of thousands. for more on the group's announcement and what it means for the region i'm joined by john sawyer executive director of the pulitzer center on crisis reporting. he recently return fad a reporting assignment for the newshour. welcome, john. tell us about the m-23. who is it and what is the significance of what they've done snowed >> the m-23 is a mostly tutsi ethnic group. same ethnic group that rules rwanda, the neighboring country next to eastern congo. they started this rebellion about 20 months ago in early 2012. they had been in the congolese army, they left the army, they started the rebellion and they've been holding large parts of the territory in goma for the past year and a half. >> ifill: is what they've done today laid down arms or are they being forced

senator menendez of new jersey has been one of iran's biggest critics and supporters of sanctions. can it do anything to stiffen the administration's position? >> they didn't seem very happy with kerry's case he made on wednesday on why they should hold on off the sanctions bill. they want to hit iran's oil sector harder and limit access to currency reserves. but this bill, it takes 3 to 6 months to implement the bill. >> this is new sanctions. >> exactly. >> and if they get a deal, they can say this doesn't count because iran has to come to the table. the main concern among those who are skeptical is now you have leverage with iran. they're hurting because the sanctions are working. so why give up very little to capitalize an policy that should work for you? >> the other thing is israel. because i can't recall a case where a u.s. ally affected by negotiations was so publicly critical of the u.s. position while the negotiations were going on as prime minister netanyahu was this week. what's going on from israel's point of view? >> when he met with obama on the edges of the u.n. gen